How To Install dact on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dact on Debian 10.
What is dact
dact is:
DACT compresses each block within the file with all its known algorithms and uses the block with the best compression ratio.
DACT can encrypt the compressed data with one of two algorithms.
Compression time for DACT is slow as each block is compressed multiple times.
Current supported compression algorithms include RLE, Delta, Text, Zlib, Modified Zlib, Bzip2 and Seminibble Encoding.
There are three methods to install dact on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dact Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dact using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dact
Install dact Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dact using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dact
Install dact 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 dact using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dact
How To Uninstall dact on Debian 10
To uninstall only the dact package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dact
Uninstall dact And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dact and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dact
Remove dact Configurations and Data
To remove dact configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dact
Remove dact configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dact configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dact
Dependencies
dact have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dact package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.