How To Install zipcmp on Debian 12

Learn how to install zipcmp on Debian 12 with this tutorial. zipcmp is compare contents of zip archives

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zipcmp on Debian 12.

What is zipcmp

zipcmp is:

zipcmp compares two zip archives and checks if they contain the same files, comparing their names, uncompressed sizes, and CRCs. File order and compressed size differences are ignored.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install zipcmp

Install zipcmp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zipcmp

Install zipcmp 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 zipcmp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zipcmp

How To Uninstall zipcmp on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove zipcmp

Uninstall zipcmp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall zipcmp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zipcmp

Remove zipcmp Configurations and Data

To remove zipcmp configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zipcmp

Remove zipcmp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zipcmp

Dependencies

zipcmp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zipcmp package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.