Files missing from lbzip2 amd64 package for Ubuntu 21.10

Question

Installing the lbzip (2.5-2.1build1) package on AMD64 for Ubuntu 21.10 (impish) appears to be missing the actual binaries.

See the file list here:

https://packages.ubuntu.com/impish/amd64/lbzip2/filelist

Answer 1

As a workaround you can download and install lbzip2 package from 20.04 LTS by

cd ~/Downloads
wget -c http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/universe/l/lbzip2/lbzip2_2.5-2_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install ./lbzip2_2.5-2_amd64.deb

and pin its version by

cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-lbzip2
Package: lbzip2
Pin: version 2.5-2
Pin-Priority: 1337
EOF

to prevent its unnecessary upgrades.