How To Install xz-lzma-compat.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xz-lzma-compat.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is xz-lzma-compat.x86_64

The lzma-compat package contains compatibility links for older commands that deal with the older LZMA format.

We can use yum to install xz-lzma-compat.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xz-lzma-compat.x86_64.

Install xz-lzma-compat.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install xz-lzma-compat.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xz-lzma-compat.x86_64

How To Uninstall xz-lzma-compat.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the xz-lzma-compat.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove xz-lzma-compat.x86_64

xz-lzma-compat.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/lzcat
/usr/bin/lzcmp
/usr/bin/lzdiff
/usr/bin/lzegrep
/usr/bin/lzfgrep
/usr/bin/lzgrep
/usr/bin/lzless
/usr/bin/lzma
/usr/bin/lzmadec
/usr/bin/lzmainfo
/usr/bin/lzmore
/usr/bin/unlzma
/usr/share/man/man1/lzcat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lzcmp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lzdiff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lzegrep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lzfgrep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lzgrep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lzless.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lzma.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lzmadec.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lzmainfo.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/lzmore.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unlzma.1.gz

References

• xz-lzma-compat.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xz-lzma-compat.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.