How To Install zip on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zip
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is zip
zip is:
This is InfoZIP’s zip program. It produces files that are fully compatible with the popular PKZIP program; however, the command line options are not identical. In other words, the end result is the same, but the methods differ. :-)
This version supports encryption.
There are three methods to install zip
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install zip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zip
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zip
Install zip Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zip
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zip
Install zip 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install zip
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zip
How To Uninstall zip on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the zip
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zip
Uninstall zip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zip
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zip
Remove zip Configurations and Data
To remove zip
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zip
Remove zip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zip
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zip
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zip
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.