How To Install lzip on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lzip on Debian 10.
What is lzip
lzip 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.
There are three methods to install lzip 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 lzip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lzip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lzip
Install lzip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lzip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lzip
Install lzip 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 lzip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lzip
How To Uninstall lzip on Debian 10
To uninstall only the lzip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lzip
Uninstall lzip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lzip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lzip
Remove lzip Configurations and Data
To remove lzip configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lzip
Remove lzip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lzip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lzip
Dependencies
lzip have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lzip package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.