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

Last updated: May 06,2024

You can also install and uninstall the zstd 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 "zstd" package

This is a short guide on how to install zstd on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall zstd 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 zstd package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: zstd
Source: libzstd
Version: 1.5.4+dfsg2-5
Installed-Size: 2102
Maintainer: RPM packaging team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), liblz4-1 (>= 1.8.0), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libstdc++6 (>= 12), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Description: fast lossless compression algorithm -- CLI tool
Description-md5: d2e4d40bb07cc70b5a32d3b4a9b5f53d
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/facebook/zstd
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::compressing
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libz/libzstd/zstd_1.5.4+dfsg2-5_amd64.deb
Size: 700656
MD5sum: a2a9b064a44328f5c02e5ae4642efafa
SHA256: 3f6f833ae2fd533a0c9238310aef1148f51a64aa5d5f1278451ddc793d4d6d15