How To Install zopfli on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zopfli
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is zopfli
zopfli is:
Zopfli Compression Algorithm is a new zlib (gzip, deflate) compatible compressor. This compressor takes more time (~100x slower), but compresses around 5% better than zlib and better than any other zlib-compatible compressor we have found.
There are three methods to install zopfli
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 zopfli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zopfli
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zopfli
Install zopfli Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zopfli
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zopfli
Install zopfli 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 zopfli
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zopfli
How To Uninstall zopfli on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the zopfli
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zopfli
Uninstall zopfli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zopfli
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zopfli
Remove zopfli Configurations and Data
To remove zopfli
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zopfli
Remove zopfli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zopfli
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zopfli
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zopfli
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.