How to Install and Uninstall lzip Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the lzip on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "lzip" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install lzip on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall lzip on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                lzip
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lzip package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: lzip
Version: 1.23-5
Installed-Size: 171
Maintainer: Daniel Baumann
Architecture: amd64
Provides: lzip-alternative, lzip-compressor, lzip-decompressor
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Description: lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm
Description-md5: 73f117c376d6c36fdafbb3d29d615eec
Homepage: http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lzip.html
Tag: implemented-in::c++, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::compressing, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/lzip/lzip_1.23-5_amd64.deb
Size: 85860
MD5sum: a7c3782c6c7a0a51f67d5ce72eb153ad
SHA256: 403a87b13b6f8eb7f7627c602272d386340fa94a7101e6ba8798d79cc78aff80