How To Install lrzip on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lrzip on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is lrzip
lrzip is:
A compression program that can achieve very high compression ratios and speed when used with large files. It uses the combined compression algorithms of zpaq and lzma for maximum compression, lzo for maximum speed, and the long range redundancy reduction of rzip. It is designed to scale with increases with RAM size, improving compression further. A choice of either size or speed optimizations allows for either better compression than even lzma can provide, or better speed than gzip, but with bzip2 sized compression levels.
There are three methods to install lrzip 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 lrzip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lrzip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lrzip
Install lrzip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lrzip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lrzip
Install lrzip 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 lrzip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lrzip
How To Uninstall lrzip on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the lrzip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lrzip
Uninstall lrzip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lrzip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lrzip
Remove lrzip Configurations and Data
To remove lrzip configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lrzip
Remove lrzip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lrzip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lrzip
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lrzip package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
