How to Install and Uninstall lzop Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 16,2025

1. Install "lzop" package

Please follow the guidance below to install lzop on Kali Linux


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall lzop on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                lzop
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lzop package on Kali Linux

Package: lzop
Version: 1.04-2
Installed-Size: 164
Maintainer: Stephen Kitt
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), liblzo2-2 (>= 2.02)
Size: 84236
SHA256: 84c1650e9cbbe08da100606159d84babcb1da590d244cefb2f0aa66db1a24275
SHA1: 48bcac025100814aaf41e5b65e45ec0e01aa1ec3
MD5sum: f83c06818d37cac96da35bf2a605a63c
Description: fast compression program
lzop is a compressor similar to gzip. Its main advantages over gzip are
much higher compression and decompression speed. lzop was designed with
the following goals in mind:
1) reliability
2) speed (both compression and decompression)
3) reasonable drop-in compatibility with gzip
4) portability
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.lzop.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::compressing, works-with::archive, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/lzop/lzop_1.04-2_amd64.deb