How To Install minizip on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install minizip on Debian 11. minizip is compression library - minizip tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install minizip on Debian 11.

What is minizip

minizip is:

minizip is a minimalistic library that supports compressing, extracting, viewing, and manipulating zip files.

This package includes the minizip and miniunzip tools.

There are three methods to install minizip on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install minizip Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install minizip using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install minizip

Install minizip Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install minizip using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install minizip

Install minizip Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install minizip using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install minizip

How To Uninstall minizip on Debian 11

To uninstall only the minizip package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove minizip

Uninstall minizip And Its Dependencies

To uninstall minizip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove minizip

Remove minizip Configurations and Data

To remove minizip configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge minizip

Remove minizip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove minizip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minizip

Dependencies

minizip have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install minizip package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.