How To Install zarchive-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zarchive-tools on Debian 12.
What is zarchive-tools
zarchive-tools is:
ZArchive is yet another file archive format. Think of zip, tar, 7z, etc. but with the requirement of allowing random-access reads and supporting Zstandard compression.
This package contains the zarchive tool, that allows you to create and read file archives in the ZArchive format (.zar).
There are three methods to install zarchive-tools on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install zarchive-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zarchive-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zarchive-tools
Install zarchive-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zarchive-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zarchive-tools
Install zarchive-tools 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 zarchive-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zarchive-tools
How To Uninstall zarchive-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the zarchive-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zarchive-tools
Uninstall zarchive-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zarchive-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zarchive-tools
Remove zarchive-tools Configurations and Data
To remove zarchive-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zarchive-tools
Remove zarchive-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zarchive-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zarchive-tools
Dependencies
zarchive-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zarchive-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
