How to Install and Uninstall bzip2 Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "bzip2" package

This tutorial shows how to install bzip2 on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bzip2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bzip2" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall bzip2 on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bzip2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bzip2 package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: bzip2
Version: 1.0.8-4
Installed-Size: 122
Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libbz2 (<< 0.9.5d-3)
Depends: libbz2-1.0 (= 1.0.8-4), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Suggests: bzip2-doc
Description: high-quality block-sorting file compressor - utilities
Description-md5: 1e71313ce794d3de1e3bc63ac58885b5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://sourceware.org/bzip2/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::compressing, works-with-format::TODO,
works-with::archive, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: standard
Filename: pool/main/b/bzip2/bzip2_1.0.8-4_amd64.deb
Size: 49268
MD5sum: 7806c7f808e24ef238007310ef029e6d
SHA256: 038b337a9f2b9bb39c6b03b3bdd79b85dec6dd360e0b93711659b91433b4d754