Install Ouch on Ubuntu 24.04

The Ouch command line tool is designed for managing file compression and decompression operations. It aims to be simple, fast, and user-friendly, providing support for multiple archive formats. This tutorial explains how to install Ouch on Ubuntu 24.04.

Install Ouch

Get the most recent version of Ouch from GitHub:

wget -qO ouch.tar.gz https://github.com/ouch-org/ouch/releases/latest/download/ouch-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz

Create temporary directory and extract a tar.gz file:

mkdir ouch-temp

tar xf ouch.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C ouch-temp

Move executable to /usr/local/bin directory:

sudo mv ouch-temp/ouch /usr/local/bin

We can verify Ouch version as follows:

ouch --version

Remove downloaded file and temporary directory:

rm -rf ouch.tar.gz ouch-temp

Testing Ouch

Create file for testing purpose:

echo 'Hello' > test.txt

Provide input files to the compress sub-command, then specify the output file at the end:

ouch compress test.txt test.zip

Use the decompress sub-command and provide archive name:

ouch decompress test.zip

Uninstall Ouch

To uninstall Ouch, remove the related file:

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/ouch