How To Install clzip on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clzip on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove clzip

Remove clzip Configurations and Data

To remove clzip configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• libc6

References

• clzip website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install clzip package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.