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
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