How To Install lziprecover on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lziprecover

lziprecover 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.

This package contains the recovery tool.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lziprecover

Install lziprecover Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lziprecover

Install lziprecover 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 lziprecover using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lziprecover

How To Uninstall lziprecover on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lziprecover

Uninstall lziprecover And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lziprecover

Remove lziprecover Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lziprecover

Remove lziprecover configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lziprecover

Dependencies

lziprecover have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• lziprecover website

Summary

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