How to Install and Uninstall xz-utils Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "xz-utils" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install xz-utils on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall xz-utils on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: xz-utils
Version: 5.2.5-2.1~deb11u1
Installed-Size: 612
Maintainer: Jonathan Nieder
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: lzip (<< 1.8~rc2), xz-lzma
Provides: lzma
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), liblzma5 (>= 5.2.2)
Conflicts: lzma (<< 9.22-1), xz-lzma
Breaks: lzip (<< 1.8~rc2)
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_5.2.5-2.1~deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 220352
MD5sum: 48820dce89723c3a509186c64ef26bb3
SHA256: f303178585349a056ae4d8e8bf46e492e7c83502653548170e9a95b5408de40f