How To Install zchunk on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is zchunk

zchunk is:

zchunk is a compressed file format that splits the file into independent chunks. This allows one to only download changed chunks when downloading a new version of the file, and also makes zchunk files efficient over rsync.

zchunk files are protected with strong checksums to verify that the file downloaded is, in fact, the file desired.

This package contains the command-line tools.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install zchunk

Install zchunk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zchunk

Install zchunk 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 zchunk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zchunk

How To Uninstall zchunk on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove zchunk

Uninstall zchunk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zchunk

Remove zchunk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge zchunk

Remove zchunk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zchunk

Dependencies

zchunk have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcurl4
• libzck1

References

• zchunk website

Summary

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