How To Install lzip on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lzip on CentOS 8.
What is lzip
Lzip compresses data using LZMA (Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain-Algorithm). It supports integrity checking using CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check). To archive multiple files, tar can be used with lzip. Please note, that the lzip file format (.lz) is not compatible with the lzma file format (.lzma).
We can use yum or dnf to install lzip on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lzip.
Install lzip 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 lzip using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lzip
Install lzip 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 lzip using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lzip
How To Uninstall lzip on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the lzip package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lzip
lzip Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/lzip
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/256bfa9a684baf1c6414611d7b3fc4c5fd198c
/usr/share/doc/lzip
/usr/share/doc/lzip/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/lzip/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/lzip/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/lzip/README
/usr/share/info/lzip.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/lzip
/usr/share/licenses/lzip/COPYING.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/lzip.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lzip on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.