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

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "zstd" package

This is a short guide on how to install zstd on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall zstd on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: zstd
Source: libzstd
Version: 1.4.8+dfsg-2+0~20210302.3+debian10~1.gbp8effd2
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Installed-Size: 1782
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.16), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r127), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libstdc++6 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Homepage: https://github.com/facebook/zstd
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Filename: pool/main/libz/libzstd/zstd_1.4.8+dfsg-2+0~20210302.3+debian10~1.gbp8effd2_amd64.deb
Size: 587880
SHA256: bd8d4c133445a68042d67096ee2efc648635b130837e521924ff700885f2d96a
SHA1: 4b4044a7c01fae63be1b2a9fb24dd5dc07ce9ef9
MD5sum: 617fe0cf9ce05d5d74130201c5574f39
Description: fast lossless compression algorithm -- CLI tool
Description-md5: d2e4d40bb07cc70b5a32d3b4a9b5f53d

Package: zstd
Source: libzstd
Version: 1.3.8+dfsg-3+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 1415
Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r127), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libstdc++6 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Description: fast lossless compression algorithm -- CLI tool
Description-md5: d2e4d40bb07cc70b5a32d3b4a9b5f53d
Homepage: https://github.com/facebook/zstd
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libz/libzstd/zstd_1.3.8+dfsg-3+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 336140
MD5sum: 1d4b7ce5f52887ecfa6b65f48209b55e
SHA256: c5d9a40066fc73a24485a9af162456e4669430a1c0a1aa790631ecb69f41c2a5