How To Install ncompress on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ncompress on Fedora 34.
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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ncompress.
Install ncompress 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 ncompress using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ncompress
Install ncompress 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 ncompress using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ncompress
How To Uninstall ncompress on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the ncompress package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ncompress
ncompress Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/compress
/usr/bin/uncompress
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/03dc0bb4a2c613de3ac1c6ae0e48cf437a8055
/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 Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
