How To Install lziprecover on Fedora 34

lziprecover is Data recovery tool and decompressor for files in the lzip compressed format

Introduction

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

What is lziprecover

Lziprecover is a data recovery tool and decompressor for files in the lzip compressed data format (.lz) able to repair slightly damaged files, recover badly damaged files from two or more copies, extract undamaged members from multi-member files, decompress files and test integrity of files. Lziprecover is able to recover or decompress files produced by any of the compressors in the lzip family; lzip, plzip, minilzip/lzlib, clzip and pdlzip. This recovery capability contributes to make the lzip format one of the best options for long-term data archiving.

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

Install lziprecover 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 lziprecover using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lziprecover

Install lziprecover 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 lziprecover using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lziprecover

How To Uninstall lziprecover on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove lziprecover

lziprecover Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/lziprecover
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/78b97a6858863b6d77ef10d6111eb94a3685fb
/usr/share/doc/lziprecover
/usr/share/doc/lziprecover/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/lziprecover/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/lziprecover/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/lziprecover/README
/usr/share/info/lziprecover.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/lziprecover
/usr/share/licenses/lziprecover/COPYING.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/lziprecover.1.gz

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Summary

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