How To Install xlunzip on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is xlunzip

xlunzip 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.

This package contains the decompressor using the lzip_decompress linux module as backend.

There are three methods to install xlunzip 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 xlunzip Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xlunzip

Install xlunzip Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xlunzip

Install xlunzip 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 xlunzip using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xlunzip

How To Uninstall xlunzip on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xlunzip

Uninstall xlunzip And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xlunzip

Remove xlunzip Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xlunzip

Remove xlunzip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xlunzip

Dependencies

xlunzip have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• xlunzip website

Summary

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