How To Install libbz2-1.0 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbz2-1.0 on Debian 9.
What is libbz2-1.0
libbz2-1.0 is:
This package contains libbzip2 which is used by the bzip2 compressor.
bzip2 is a freely available, patent free, high-quality data compressor. It typically compresses files to within 10% to 15% of the best available techniques, whilst being around twice as fast at compression and six times faster at decompression.
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 libbz2-1.0 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libbz2-1.0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libbz2-1.0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbz2-1.0
Install libbz2-1.0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbz2-1.0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbz2-1.0
Install libbz2-1.0 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 libbz2-1.0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbz2-1.0
How To Uninstall libbz2-1.0 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libbz2-1.0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbz2-1.0
Uninstall libbz2-1.0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbz2-1.0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbz2-1.0
Remove libbz2-1.0 Configurations and Data
To remove libbz2-1.0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbz2-1.0
Remove libbz2-1.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbz2-1.0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbz2-1.0
Dependencies
libbz2-1.0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbz2-1.0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.