How To Install ncompress on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncompress on Rocky Linux 8. ncompress is Fast compression and decompression utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncompress on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ncompress

The ncompress package contains the compress and uncompress file compression and decompression utilities, which are compatible with the original UNIX compress utility (.Z file extensions). These utilities can’t handle gzipped (.gz file extensions) files, but gzip can handle compressed files. Install ncompress if you need compression/decompression utilities which are compatible with the original UNIX compress utility.

We can use yum or dnf to install ncompress on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ncompress.

Install ncompress on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install ncompress

Install ncompress on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install ncompress

How To Uninstall ncompress on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ncompress

ncompress Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/compress
/usr/bin/uncompress
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/87b7a9ef15a2ce123052661fbd03be4c3a24eb
/usr/share/doc/ncompress
/usr/share/doc/ncompress/LZW.INFO
/usr/share/doc/ncompress/README
/usr/share/man/man1/compress.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/uncompress.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ncompress on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.