How To Install xarchiver on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xarchiver on Debian 9.
What is xarchiver
xarchiver is:
Xarchiver is a lightweight desktop independent GTK+ frontend for manipulating xz, 7z, arj, bzip2, gzip, rar, tar, zip, rpm and deb files. It allows you to create archives and add, extract, and delete files from them. Password protected archives in the arj, 7z, rar and zip formats are supported.
There are three methods to install xarchiver 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 xarchiver Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xarchiver using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xarchiver
Install xarchiver Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xarchiver using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xarchiver
Install xarchiver 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 xarchiver using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xarchiver
How To Uninstall xarchiver on Debian 9
To uninstall only the xarchiver package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xarchiver
Uninstall xarchiver And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xarchiver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xarchiver
Remove xarchiver Configurations and Data
To remove xarchiver configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xarchiver
Remove xarchiver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xarchiver configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xarchiver
Dependencies
xarchiver have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xarchiver package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.