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

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "mscompress" package

Please follow the instructions below to install mscompress on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall mscompress on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: mscompress
Version: 0.4-8
Installed-Size: 46
Maintainer: Patrick Matthäi
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
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_0.4-8_amd64.deb
Size: 10080
MD5sum: 0753dc80d1ee66e96f181ce46737ddc1
SHA256: 47c4f3ad6e04e8e9bfafdc71496a9d33d78dcbf5980a566bc82c40fcf0290753