How To Install lzip on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lzip
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 Ubuntu 20.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lzip
Remove lzip Configurations and Data
To remove lzip
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lzip
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.