How to Install and Uninstall bzip2 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "bzip2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install bzip2 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bzip2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bzip2" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall bzip2 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bzip2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bzip2 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: bzip2
Version: 1.0.6-9.2~deb10u1
Installed-Size: 196
Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libbz2 (<< 0.9.5d-3)
Depends: libbz2-1.0 (= 1.0.6-9.2~deb10u1), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Suggests: bzip2-doc
Description: high-quality block-sorting file compressor - utilities
Description-md5: 1e71313ce794d3de1e3bc63ac58885b5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://web.archive.org/web/20180801004107/http://www.bzip.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::compressing, works-with-format::TODO,
works-with::archive, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: standard
Filename: pool/main/b/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.6-9.2~deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 48360
MD5sum: 727d8abc37f0b3ffa0bbd8e4cdccdc24
SHA256: 4fcc963af0d718d8edc8e1aa2436c2b7a2c3cd5862ad8bb3e50a30cbb7e9dad6