How to Install and Uninstall ncompress Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "ncompress" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install ncompress on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                ncompress
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ncompress" package

Learn how to uninstall ncompress on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
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3. Information about the ncompress package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package ncompress:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : ncompress
Version : 5.0-1.12
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 41.7 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : ncompress-5.0-1.12.src
Upstream URL : https://github.com/vapier/ncompress
Summary : LZW compression and decompression utilities
Description :
The ncompress package contains the "compress" and "uncompress"
utilities which are compatible with the original UNIX compress
utility (.Z file extensions).
Install ncompress if you need compression/decompression utilities
which are compatible with the original UNIX compress utility. gzip is
also able to decompress .Z files, though ncompress will not recognize
.gz files at all.