How To Install zchunk 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 zchunk on Ubuntu.
What is zchunk
zchunk is:
zchunk is a compressed file format that splits the file into independent chunks. This allows one to only download changed chunks when downloading a new version of the file, and also makes zchunk files efficient over rsync.
zchunk files are protected with strong checksums to verify that the file downloaded is, in fact, the file desired.
This package contains the command-line tools.
There are three methods to install zchunk 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 zchunk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zchunk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zchunk
Install zchunk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zchunk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zchunk
Install zchunk 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 zchunk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zchunk
How To Uninstall zchunk on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the zchunk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zchunk
Uninstall zchunk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zchunk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zchunk
Remove zchunk Configurations and Data
To remove zchunk configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zchunk
Remove zchunk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zchunk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zchunk
Dependencies
zchunk have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zchunk package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.