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

Last updated: May 13,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mscompress" package

Learn how to install mscompress on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall mscompress on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: mscompress
Version: 0.4-10
Installed-Size: 46
Maintainer: Patrick Matthäi
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: Microsoft "compress.exe/expand.exe" compatible (de)compressor
Description-md5: b4f9fff832e68d790b9a7feeefbb8eb5
Homepage: https://github.com/stapelberg/mscompress
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::compressing
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mscompress/mscompress_0.4-10_amd64.deb
Size: 10104
MD5sum: e34bb1f72425a81bb3efa79ef92e5303
SHA256: d22866d1a150c0b2ae4ab8019219e47ea20c845864bd403d43f062f2ba17cd45