How To Install clzip on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clzip on Debian 12.
What is clzip
clzip is:
Lzip is a lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm, with very safe integrity checking and a user interface similar to the one of gzip or bzip2. Lzip decompresses almost as fast as gzip and compresses better than bzip2, which makes it well suited for software distribution and data archiving.
Clzip is a C language version of lzip using the lzip file format; the files produced by clzip are fully compatible with lzip.
Clzip is intended for embedded devices or systems lacking a C++ compiler.
There are three methods to install clzip on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install clzip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install clzip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install clzip
Install clzip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install clzip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install clzip
Install clzip 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 clzip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install clzip
How To Uninstall clzip on Debian 12
To uninstall only the clzip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove clzip
Uninstall clzip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall clzip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove clzip
Remove clzip Configurations and Data
To remove clzip configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge clzip
Remove clzip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove clzip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clzip
Dependencies
clzip have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clzip package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.