How To Install lrzsz on Fedora 34

lrzsz is The lrz and lsz modem communications programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lrzsz on Fedora 34.

What is lrzsz

Lrzsz (consisting of lrz and lsz) is a cosmetically modified zmodem/ymodem/xmodem package built from the public-domain version of the rzsz package. Lrzsz was created to provide a working GNU copylefted Zmodem solution for Linux systems.

We can use yum or dnf to install lrzsz on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lrzsz.

Install lrzsz on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install lrzsz using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lrzsz

Install lrzsz on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install lrzsz using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lrzsz

How To Uninstall lrzsz on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the lrzsz package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lrzsz

lrzsz Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/rb
/usr/bin/rx
/usr/bin/rz
/usr/bin/sb
/usr/bin/sx
/usr/bin/sz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/fb9acaa7ed3f7a48eb340510c757f00fba2d4b
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/fb9acaa7ed3f7a48eb340510c757f00fba2d4b.1
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/fb9acaa7ed3f7a48eb340510c757f00fba2d4b.2
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/59b5db90286cfeb3bfd2617b89ba867475a870
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/59b5db90286cfeb3bfd2617b89ba867475a870.1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c7/59b5db90286cfeb3bfd2617b89ba867475a870.2
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/lrzsz.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/rb.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rz.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sb.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sz.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lrzsz on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.