How To Install ncompress on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncompress on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ncompress
ncompress is:
This package provides the original compress and uncompress programs that used to be the de facto UNIX standard for compressing and uncompressing files. These programs implement a fast, simple Lempel-Ziv (LZW) file compression algorithm.
For Debian, the standard uncompress program is installed as uncompress.real, to avoid conflicting with other packages.
This package also contains a copyright notice and a brief discussion of the LZW patent history (written by one of the original authors) in the file /usr/share/doc/ncompress/README.Debian.
There are three methods to install ncompress 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 ncompress Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ncompress using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ncompress
Install ncompress Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ncompress using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ncompress
Install ncompress 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 ncompress using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ncompress
How To Uninstall ncompress on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ncompress package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ncompress
Uninstall ncompress And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ncompress and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ncompress
Remove ncompress Configurations and Data
To remove ncompress configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ncompress
Remove ncompress configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ncompress configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ncompress
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncompress package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
