How To Install comprez on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is comprez

comprez is:

Comprez, aka ‘z’, is a simple, safe and convenient front-end for the compress(1), uncompress(1), gzip(1), bzip2(1), tar(1), zip(1) and unzip(1) utilities for compressing and uncompressing files and directories.

The basic idea is that you can just run “comprez SOMETHING” where SOMETHING is any file, directory, compressed file or compressed archive, and program will do the right thing in a standard way. Simple for novices and convenient for experts.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install comprez

Install comprez Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install comprez

Install comprez 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 comprez using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install comprez

How To Uninstall comprez on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove comprez

Uninstall comprez And Its Dependencies

To uninstall comprez and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove comprez

Remove comprez Configurations and Data

To remove comprez configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge comprez

Remove comprez configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge comprez

Dependencies

comprez have the following dependencies:

References

• comprez website

Summary

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