How to Install and Uninstall xz-utils Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 12,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "xz-utils" package

This guide let you learn how to install xz-utils on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall xz-utils 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 xz-utils package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: xz-utils
Version: 5.4.1-0.2
Installed-Size: 1226
Maintainer: Jonathan Nieder
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: lzip (<< 1.8~rc2), manpages-de (<< 4.17.0-2~bpo11+1), manpages-fr (<< 4.17.0-2~bpo11+1), xz-lzma
Provides: lzma
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), liblzma5 (>= 5.4.0)
Conflicts: lzma (<< 9.22-1), xz-lzma
Breaks: lzip (<< 1.8~rc2), manpages-de (<< 4.17.0-2~bpo11+1), manpages-fr (<< 4.17.0-2~bpo11+1)
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_5.4.1-0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 470868
MD5sum: 268378e34ad89b237c5e5a11a4e8fdef
SHA256: 5ef7e6c1cd6b165455466bbfa6c22d8f5b61109d29aeab906bd3406322f34b15