How To Install wzip on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install wzip on Kali Linux. wzip is Lossy compression and denoising

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wzip on Kali Linux.

What is wzip

wzip is:

The program wzip is a preprocessor for LOSSY data compression. A sequence of ascii floating-point numbers is transformed into a sequence of small integers ready for effective compression with e.g. gzip. The program can also be used for effective but time consuming denoising of measurement data. Wzip was originally written for the processing of EDX-linescans.

There are three methods to install wzip on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install wzip Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install wzip using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install wzip

Install wzip Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install wzip using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install wzip

Install wzip Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install wzip using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wzip

How To Uninstall wzip on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the wzip package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wzip

Uninstall wzip And Its Dependencies

To uninstall wzip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wzip

Remove wzip Configurations and Data

To remove wzip configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wzip

Remove wzip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove wzip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wzip

Dependencies

wzip have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wzip package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.