How To Install lz4 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install lz4 on Ubuntu 20.04. lz4 is Fast LZ compression algorithm library - tool Fast LZ compression algorithm library - tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lz4 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `lz4`

lz4 is:

LZ4 is a very fast lossless compression algorithm, providing compression speed at 400 MB/s per core, scalable with multi-cores CPU. It also features an extremely fast decoder, with speed in multiple GB/s per core, typically reaching RAM speed limits on multi-core systems.

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Package: lz4 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.9.2-2 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: utils Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 222 Provides: liblz4-tool Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), liblz4-1 (= 1.9.2-2) Conflicts: liblz4-tool (« 1.8.0-1) Replaces: liblz4-tool (« 1.8.0-1) Filename: pool/main/l/lz4/lz4_1.9.2-2_amd64.deb Size: 82656 MD5sum: 5f7ca0c54bcb79750662e243406a74be SHA1: 61228f46300e3b7914b5560b57907febf468a0b9 SHA256: 84587796be6a75075aa4e09152d1cfd37c1b8d88150c3204e1f2c861fae72cc1 Homepage: https://github.com/Cyan4973/lz4 Description-en: Fast LZ compression algorithm library - tool LZ4 is a very fast lossless compression algorithm, providing compression speed at 400 MB/s per core, scalable with multi-cores CPU. It also features an extremely fast decoder, with speed in multiple GB/s per core, typically reaching RAM speed limits on multi-core systems.

There are three methods to install lz4 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lz4 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lz4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lz4

Install lz4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lz4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lz4

Install lz4 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install lz4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lz4

How To Uninstall lz4 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the lz4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lz4

Uninstall lz4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lz4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lz4

Remove lz4 Configurations and Data

To remove lz4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lz4

Remove lz4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lz4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lz4

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lz4 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.