How to Install and Uninstall xz-utils Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "xz-utils" package

This tutorial shows how to install xz-utils on Kali Linux


    
        
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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

Learn how to uninstall xz-utils on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: xz-utils
Version: 5.4.5-0.3
Installed-Size: 1258
Maintainer: Jonathan Nieder
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: lzip (<< 1.8~rc2), manpages-de (<< 4.17.0-2~bpo11+1), manpages-fr (<< 4.17.0-2~bpo11+1), xz-lzma
Provides: lzma
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), liblzma5 (>= 5.4.0)
Conflicts: lzma (<< 9.22-1), xz-lzma
Breaks: lzip (<< 1.8~rc2), manpages-de (<< 4.17.0-2~bpo11+1), manpages-fr (<< 4.17.0-2~bpo11+1)
Size: 503116
SHA256: 3bb6a58eb77eee7ff4f8dbdaa4ec16c1bf8f1f38650a0a654a2e3a7aaf6a9c30
SHA1: e694a30684980d472fd509b90907eef474eb867b
MD5sum: e7b8bd9290ba172238d143e80248c122
Description: XZ-format compression utilities
XZ is the successor to the Lempel-Ziv/Markov-chain Algorithm
compression format, which provides memory-hungry but powerful
compression (often better than bzip2) and fast, easy decompression.
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This package provides the command line tools for working with XZ
compression, including xz, unxz, xzcat, xzgrep, and so on. They can
also handle the older LZMA format, and if invoked via appropriate
symlinks will emulate the behavior of the commands in the lzma
package.
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The XZ format is similar to the older LZMA format but includes some
improvements for general use:
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* 'file' magic for detecting XZ files;
* crc64 data integrity check;
* limited random-access reading support;
* improved support for multithreading (not used in xz-utils);
* support for flushing the encoder.
Description-md5:
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_5.4.5-0.3_amd64.deb