How to Install and Uninstall mscompress Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "mscompress" package

Learn how to install mscompress on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall mscompress on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mscompress
Priority: extra
Section: otherosfs
Installed-Size: 60
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Stapelberg
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.4-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/main/m/mscompress/mscompress_0.4-3_amd64.deb
Size: 9926
MD5sum: d698cbff770e11da7bd1dbbc1d3ee7ef
SHA1: ec4997e8ca34cefd4959fc397e76c5dc821bc5da
SHA256: c4034eaba327fda05446df38727284455e8293b15bda39016990f7570be1a300
Description-en: 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: b4f9fff832e68d790b9a7feeefbb8eb5
Homepage: http://code.stapelberg.de/git/mscompress/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-desktop, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop