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

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "ncompress" package

This tutorial shows how to install ncompress on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall ncompress on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: ncompress
Version: 4.2.4.6-6
Installed-Size: 62
Maintainer: Kenneth J. Pronovici
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: original Lempel-Ziv compress/uncompress programs
Description-md5: 0ba9f83ea053a8a1ec85bffba60c176f
Homepage: https://github.com/vapier/ncompress
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::compressing
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/ncompress/ncompress_4.2.4.6-6_amd64.deb
Size: 28268
MD5sum: 1738fe86c0b36c61341e55eadadf386a
SHA256: ded7555cb7994a9986e894d49e95da450ef766b0a5ee2b796ed5746e18b8029e