How To Install plzip-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plzip-dbg on Debian 9.
What is plzip-dbg
plzip-dbg is:
Lzip is a lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm, with very safe integrity checking and a user interface similar to the one of gzip or bzip2. Lzip decompresses almost as fast as gzip and compresses better than bzip2, which makes it well suited for software distribution and data archiving.
Plzip is a massively parallel (multi-threaded) version of lzip using the lzip file format; the files produced by plzip are fully compatible with lzip.
This package contains the debugging symbols.
There are three methods to install plzip-dbg 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 plzip-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plzip-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plzip-dbg
Install plzip-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plzip-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plzip-dbg
Install plzip-dbg 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 plzip-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plzip-dbg
How To Uninstall plzip-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the plzip-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plzip-dbg
Uninstall plzip-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plzip-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plzip-dbg
Remove plzip-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove plzip-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plzip-dbg
Remove plzip-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plzip-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plzip-dbg
Dependencies
plzip-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plzip-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.