How To Install octave-zmat on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-zmat in Fedora 36. octave-zmat is A portable data compression/decompression toolbox for MATLAB/Octave

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-zmat on Fedora 36.

What is `octave-zmat`

ZMat is a portable mex function to enable zlib/gzip/lzma/lzip/lz4/lz4hc based data compression/decompression and base64 encoding/decoding support in MATLAB and GNU Octave. It is fast and compact, can process a large array within a fraction of a second. Among the 6 supported compression methods, lz4 is the fastest for compression/decompression; lzma is the slowest but has the highest compression ratio; zlib/gzip have the best balance between speed and compression time.

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

Install octave-zmat 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 octave-zmat using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install octave-zmat

Install octave-zmat 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 octave-zmat using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install octave-zmat

How To Uninstall octave-zmat on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the octave-zmat package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove octave-zmat

octave-zmat Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/30
/usr/lib/.build-id/30/edca59497e62778314bc2637980b34d3f068e8
/usr/share/doc/octave-zmat
/usr/share/doc/octave-zmat/AUTHORS.txt
/usr/share/doc/octave-zmat/ChangeLog.txt
/usr/share/doc/octave-zmat/README.rst
/usr/share/doc/octave-zmat/example
/usr/share/doc/octave-zmat/example/demo_zmat_basic.m
/usr/share/licenses/octave-zmat
/usr/share/licenses/octave-zmat/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/octave/packages/zmat-0.9.8
/usr/share/octave/packages/zmat-0.9.8/doc-cache
/usr/share/octave/packages/zmat-0.9.8/packinfo
/usr/share/octave/packages/zmat-0.9.8/packinfo/COPYING
/usr/share/octave/packages/zmat-0.9.8/packinfo/DESCRIPTION
/usr/share/octave/packages/zmat-0.9.8/packinfo/INDEX
/usr/share/octave/packages/zmat-0.9.8/packinfo/on_uninstall.m
/usr/share/octave/packages/zmat-0.9.8/zipmat.mex
/usr/share/octave/packages/zmat-0.9.8/zmat.m

References

octave-zmat website

Summary

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