How To Install minizip on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install minizip on Debian 9.
What is minizip
minizip is:
minizip is a minimalistic library that supports compressing, extracting, viewing, and manipulating zip files.
This package includes the minizip and miniunzip tools.
There are three methods to install minizip 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 minizip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install minizip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install minizip
Install minizip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install minizip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install minizip
Install minizip 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 minizip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install minizip
How To Uninstall minizip on Debian 9
To uninstall only the minizip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove minizip
Uninstall minizip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall minizip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove minizip
Remove minizip Configurations and Data
To remove minizip configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge minizip
Remove minizip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove minizip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minizip
Dependencies
minizip have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install minizip package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.