How To Install wzip 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 wzip on Ubuntu.
What is wzip
wzip is:
The program wzip is a preprocessor for LOSSY data compression. A sequence of ascii floating-point numbers is transformed into a sequence of small integers ready for effective compression with e.g. gzip. The program can also be used for effective but time consuming denoising of measurement data. Wzip was originally written for the processing of EDX-linescans.
There are three methods to install wzip 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 wzip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wzip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wzip
Install wzip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wzip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wzip
Install wzip 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 wzip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wzip
How To Uninstall wzip on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the wzip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wzip
Uninstall wzip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wzip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wzip
Remove wzip Configurations and Data
To remove wzip configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wzip
Remove wzip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wzip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wzip
Dependencies
wzip have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wzip package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.