How To Install lrzsz on CentOS 8

lrzsz is The lrz and lsz modem communications programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lrzsz on CentOS 8.

What is lrzsz

Lrzsz (consisting of lrz and lsz) is a cosmetically modified zmodem/ymodem/xmodem package built from the public-domain version of the rzsz package. Lrzsz was created to provide a working GNU copylefted Zmodem solution for Linux systems.

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

Install lrzsz on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install lrzsz

Install lrzsz on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install lrzsz

How To Uninstall lrzsz on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove lrzsz

lrzsz Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/rb
/usr/bin/rx
/usr/bin/rz
/usr/bin/sb
/usr/bin/sx
/usr/bin/sz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/25f21df8a410853ff0ca69c273bfd6166a36a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/25f21df8a410853ff0ca69c273bfd6166a36a0.1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/25f21df8a410853ff0ca69c273bfd6166a36a0.2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/29412bed6b8d68690555e59b6910cf19b44a19
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/29412bed6b8d68690555e59b6910cf19b44a19.1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/29412bed6b8d68690555e59b6910cf19b44a19.2
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/lrzsz.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/rz.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sz.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lrzsz on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.