How to Install and Uninstall xz-utils Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "xz-utils" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install xz-utils on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xz-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xz-utils" package

Learn how to uninstall xz-utils on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: xz-utils
Version: 5.2.4-1+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 442
Maintainer: Jonathan Nieder
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: lzip (<< 1.8~rc2), xz-lzma
Provides: lzma
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), liblzma5 (>= 5.2.2)
Conflicts: lzma (<< 9.22-1), xz-lzma
Breaks: lzip (<< 1.8~rc2)
Description: XZ-format compression utilities
Description-md5: ea97a558c8575aebbed2c11cbd20e0f2
Homepage: https://tukaani.org/xz/
Multi-Arch: foreign
Section: utils
Priority: standard
Filename: pool/updates/main/x/xz-utils/xz-utils_5.2.4-1+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 183412
MD5sum: 00050d631188fef624bf3ae13d4af680
SHA256: e9fdf6a17d6a0f3a7d53e0792e05b6e4fed2f7d890d856e961bd275ce5898125

Package: xz-utils
Version: 5.2.4-1
Installed-Size: 442
Maintainer: Jonathan Nieder
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: lzip (<< 1.8~rc2), xz-lzma
Provides: lzma
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), liblzma5 (>= 5.2.2)
Conflicts: lzma (<< 9.22-1), xz-lzma
Breaks: lzip (<< 1.8~rc2)
Description: XZ-format compression utilities
Description-md5: ea97a558c8575aebbed2c11cbd20e0f2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://tukaani.org/xz/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::checking, use::compressing, use::storing,
works-with::archive, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: standard
Filename: pool/main/x/xz-utils/xz-utils_5.2.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 183060
MD5sum: 745b0dddf80623192cd631dcfb55de88
SHA256: dfbe504791f99e8e086ed7a363d22ed6ae802e3e6c4e191878df94fa3d5e2420