How To Install lzma on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 400 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lzma on Ubuntu.
What is lzma
lzma is:
The Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain Algorithm is a compression method based on the famous LZ77 algorithm, and was first introduced by 7-Zip for use in 7z archives.
Its main characteristics are a very high compression ratio, with high RAM usage, and fast decompression, with low RAM usage. These properties make it well suited to embedded uses, such as for ROM (firmware) compression.
This package provides the lzma command line utility, which has a familiar gzip-like interface.
There are three methods to install lzma 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 lzma Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lzma using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lzma
Install lzma Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lzma using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lzma
Install lzma 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 lzma using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lzma
How To Uninstall lzma on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the lzma package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lzma
Uninstall lzma And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lzma and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lzma
Remove lzma Configurations and Data
To remove lzma configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lzma
Remove lzma configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lzma configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lzma
Dependencies
lzma have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lzma package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.