How To Install lzma-alone on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lzma-alone on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lzma-alone
lzma-alone is:
The Lempel-Ziv Markov-chain Algorithm is a compression method based on the famous LZ77 algorithm, and was first introduced by 7-Zip for use in 7z archives.
Its main characteristics are a very high compression ratio, with high RAM usage, and fast decompression, with low RAM usage. These properties make it well suited to embedded uses, such as for ROM (firmware) compression.
This package provides only the old lzma_alone compression utility, which has an interface more like that of zip.
There are three methods to install lzma-alone on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lzma-alone Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lzma-alone using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lzma-alone
Install lzma-alone Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lzma-alone using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lzma-alone
Install lzma-alone 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 lzma-alone using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lzma-alone
How To Uninstall lzma-alone on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lzma-alone package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lzma-alone
Uninstall lzma-alone And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lzma-alone and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lzma-alone
Remove lzma-alone Configurations and Data
To remove lzma-alone configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lzma-alone
Remove lzma-alone configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lzma-alone configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lzma-alone
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lzma-alone package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
