How To Install jzlib on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install jzlib in Fedora 36. jzlib is Re-implementation of zlib in pure Java

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jzlib on Fedora 36.

What is `jzlib`

The zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally unencumbered – that is, not covered by any patents – loss-less data-compression library for use on virtually any computer hardware and operating system. The zlib was written by Jean-loup Gailly (compression) and Mark Adler (decompression).

We can use yum or dnf to install jzlib on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jzlib.

Install jzlib on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install jzlib

Install jzlib on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install jzlib

How To Uninstall jzlib on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove jzlib

jzlib Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/doc/jzlib
/usr/share/doc/jzlib/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/java/jzlib.jar
/usr/share/maven-metadata/jzlib.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/jzlib.pom

References

jzlib website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jzlib on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).