How To Install jzlib on Fedora 34

jzlib is Re-implementation of zlib in pure Java

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jzlib on Fedora 34.

What is jzlib

The zlib is designed to be a free, general-purpose, legally unencumbered – that is, not covered by any patents – loss-less data-compression library for use on virtually any computer hardware and operating system. The zlib was written by Jean-loup Gailly (compression) and Mark Adler (decompression).

We can use yum or dnf to install jzlib on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jzlib.

Install jzlib on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install jzlib

Install jzlib on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install jzlib

How To Uninstall jzlib on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove jzlib

jzlib Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/share/doc/jzlib
/usr/share/doc/jzlib/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/java/jzlib.jar
/usr/share/maven-metadata/jzlib.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/jzlib.pom

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jzlib on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.