How To Install bzip2 on Debian 11

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bzip2 on Debian 11.

What is bzip2

bzip2 is:

bzip2 is a freely available, patent free, data compressor.

bzip2 compresses files using the Burrows-Wheeler block-sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression is generally considerably better than that achieved by more conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the performance of the PPM family of statistical compressors.

The archive file format of bzip2 (.bz2) is incompatible with that of its predecessor, bzip (.bz).

There are three methods to install bzip2 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 bzip2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install bzip2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bzip2

Install bzip2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bzip2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bzip2

Install bzip2 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 bzip2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bzip2

How To Uninstall bzip2 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the bzip2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bzip2

Uninstall bzip2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bzip2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bzip2

Remove bzip2 Configurations and Data

To remove bzip2 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bzip2

Remove bzip2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bzip2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bzip2

Dependencies

bzip2 have the following dependencies:

• libbz2-1.0
• libc6

References

• bzip2 website
• bzip2 on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bzip2 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.