How To Install ncompress on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncompress on CentOS 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 CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ncompress.
Install ncompress 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 ncompress using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ncompress
Install ncompress 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 ncompress using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ncompress
How To Uninstall ncompress on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the ncompress package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ncompress
ncompress Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/compress
/usr/bin/uncompress
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/dd64e73d4382ff0f2e73b45c5fcdbedbecbbac
/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 CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.