How To Install dynamite on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dynamite on Ubuntu 22.04. dynamite is PKWARE Data Compression decompressor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dynamite on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is dynamite

dynamite is:

Dynamite is a tool and library for decompressing data compressed with PKWARE Data Compression Library and it was created from the specification provided by a post in the comp.compression newsgroup.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dynamite

Install dynamite Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dynamite

Install dynamite 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 dynamite using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dynamite

How To Uninstall dynamite on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove dynamite

Uninstall dynamite And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dynamite and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dynamite

Remove dynamite Configurations and Data

To remove dynamite configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dynamite

Remove dynamite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dynamite

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dynamite package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.