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

Last updated: February 23,2025

1. Install "pixz" package

Please follow the instructions below to install pixz on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall pixz on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: pixz
Source: pixz (1.0.6-2)
Version: 1.0.6-2+b1
Installed-Size: 56
Maintainer: David Bremner
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libarchive13 (>= 3.0.4), libc6 (>= 2.14), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614)
Description: parallel, indexing XZ compressor/decompressor
Description-md5: 7e123820a7d60a2adcb2daed2441c2dd
Homepage: https://github.com/vasi/pixz
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pixz/pixz_1.0.6-2+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 20334
MD5sum: b05d90721323225e4d65502d05655067
SHA256: 964d8bd34cc9cb4f8c124ab810a58adeefbaaf2a47a7dfe46c707a7e61cb841f