How To Install lzop on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lzop on Debian 9.
What is lzop
lzop is:
lzop is a compressor similar to gzip. Its main advantages over gzip are much higher compression and decompression speed. lzop was designed with the following goals in mind:
- reliability
- speed (both compression and decompression)
- reasonable drop-in compatibility with gzip
- portability
There are three methods to install lzop on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lzop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lzop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lzop
Install lzop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lzop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lzop
Install lzop 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 lzop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lzop
How To Uninstall lzop on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lzop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lzop
Uninstall lzop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lzop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lzop
Remove lzop Configurations and Data
To remove lzop configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lzop
Remove lzop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lzop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lzop
Dependencies
lzop have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lzop package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.