How To Install parchive on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install parchive on Debian 10.
What is parchive
parchive is:
This utility applies the data-recovery capability concepts of RAID-like systems to the posting and downloading of multi-part archives on USENET by providing the ability to create and use redundant recovery records. It supports the ‘Reed-Soloman Code’ implementation that allows for recovery of any ‘X’ volumes for ‘X’ parity volumes present. It is popularly used on USENET postings, but is not limited to this use.
The Debian parchive package supports “legacy” version 1.0 PAR files. The Debian par2 package supports version 2.0 PAR files.
Upstream source: http://parchive.sourceforge.net/
There are three methods to install parchive on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install parchive Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install parchive using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install parchive
Install parchive Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install parchive using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install parchive
Install parchive 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 parchive using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install parchive
How To Uninstall parchive on Debian 10
To uninstall only the parchive package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove parchive
Uninstall parchive And Its Dependencies
To uninstall parchive and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove parchive
Remove parchive Configurations and Data
To remove parchive configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge parchive
Remove parchive configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove parchive configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge parchive
Dependencies
parchive have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install parchive package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.