How To Install lzma on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lzma

lzma 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 the lzma command line utility, which has a familiar gzip-like interface.

There are three methods to install lzma 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 lzma 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lzma

Install lzma Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lzma

Install lzma 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 lzma using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lzma

How To Uninstall lzma on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lzma

Uninstall lzma And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lzma

Remove lzma Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lzma

Remove lzma configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lzma

Dependencies

lzma have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• lzma website

Summary

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