How To Install bzip2-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bzip2-doc on Ubuntu 22.04. bzip2-doc is high-quality block-sorting file compressor - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bzip2-doc on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is bzip2-doc

bzip2-doc is:

This package contains the bzip2 user manual in HTML, PDF, PS and Texinfo formats.

bzip2 is a freely available, patent free, data compressor.

bzip2 compresses files using the Burrows-Wheeler block-sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression is generally considerably better than that achieved by more conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the performance of the PPM family of statistical compressors.

The archive file format of bzip2 (.bz2) is incompatible with that of its predecessor, bzip (.bz).

There are three methods to install bzip2-doc 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 bzip2-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install bzip2-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bzip2-doc

Install bzip2-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bzip2-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bzip2-doc

Install bzip2-doc 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 bzip2-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bzip2-doc

How To Uninstall bzip2-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the bzip2-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bzip2-doc

Uninstall bzip2-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bzip2-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bzip2-doc

Remove bzip2-doc Configurations and Data

To remove bzip2-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bzip2-doc

Remove bzip2-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bzip2-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bzip2-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bzip2-doc package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.