How To Install libzim7 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzim7 on Ubuntu.
What is libzim7
libzim7 is:
ZIM (Zeno IMproved) is an open file format for storing the contents of wiki for offline usage. This file format is primarily focused on providing the contents of Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects for offline use.
libzim is the standard implementation of ZIM specification, which implements the read and write method for ZIM files.
ZIM is a file format created with focus on extracting and encoding data from Mediawiki for offline use.
Features of libzim are:
- Native, coded in C++
- Extremely fast
- Minimal footprint
- Minimal dependencies
- Portable on most OS (Windows, Linux, Mac OS X)
There are three methods to install libzim7 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libzim7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libzim7 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libzim7
Install libzim7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libzim7 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libzim7
Install libzim7 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libzim7 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libzim7
How To Uninstall libzim7 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libzim7 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libzim7
Uninstall libzim7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libzim7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzim7
Remove libzim7 Configurations and Data
To remove libzim7 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libzim7
Remove libzim7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libzim7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzim7
Dependencies
libzim7 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzim7 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.