How To Install zutils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zutils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is zutils
zutils is:
Zutils is a collection of utilities for dealing with any combination of compressed and non-compressed files transparently. Currently the supported compressors are gzip, bzip2, lzip, and xz.
There are three methods to install zutils on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install zutils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zutils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zutils
Install zutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zutils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zutils
Install zutils 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 zutils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zutils
How To Uninstall zutils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the zutils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zutils
Uninstall zutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zutils
Remove zutils Configurations and Data
To remove zutils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zutils
Remove zutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zutils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zutils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
