How To Install pixz on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pixz on Debian 11.
What is pixz
pixz is:
Pixz is a multithreaded compressor/decompressor XZ fully compatible with those provided by xz-utils and busybox. By default it adds indexing information when compressing tar files that allows fast listing and partial-archive extraction.
There are three methods to install pixz on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pixz Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pixz using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pixz
Install pixz Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pixz using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pixz
Install pixz 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 pixz using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pixz
How To Uninstall pixz on Debian 11
To uninstall only the pixz package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pixz
Uninstall pixz And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pixz and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pixz
Remove pixz Configurations and Data
To remove pixz configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pixz
Remove pixz configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pixz configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pixz
Dependencies
pixz have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pixz package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.