How To Install xz-lzma-compat on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xz-lzma-compat on CentOS 8.
What is xz-lzma-compat
The lzma-compat package contains compatibility links for older commands that deal with the older LZMA format.
We can use yum or dnf to install xz-lzma-compat on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xz-lzma-compat.
Install xz-lzma-compat 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 xz-lzma-compat using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xz-lzma-compat
Install xz-lzma-compat 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 xz-lzma-compat using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xz-lzma-compat
How To Uninstall xz-lzma-compat on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xz-lzma-compat package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xz-lzma-compat
xz-lzma-compat Package Contents on CentOS 8
/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/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/e0176908f3a9d805dda8851da241e7cccbfd8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/17efb462b8ff43c67caedb584a58acfa6104cf
/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
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xz-lzma-compat on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.