How to Install and Uninstall mscompress Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "mscompress" package

This tutorial shows how to install mscompress on Kali Linux


    
        
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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 instructions below to uninstall mscompress on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: mscompress
Version: 0.4-10
Installed-Size: 46
Maintainer: Patrick Matthäi
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Size: 10104
SHA256: d22866d1a150c0b2ae4ab8019219e47ea20c845864bd403d43f062f2ba17cd45
SHA1: bcf75932b82e02cb5866b1d1f9a7a35e2e5f7cd1
MD5sum: e34bb1f72425a81bb3efa79ef92e5303
Description: Microsoft "compress.exe/expand.exe" compatible (de)compressor
This package contains two programs:
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* msexpand which decompresses files compressed by the Microsoft
compress.exe utility (e.g. Win 3.x installation files);
* mscompress which compresses files using the LZ77 compression
algorithm.
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Files can be decompressed using Microsoft expand.exe or msexpand(1).
Description-md5:
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_0.4-10_amd64.deb