How To Install pigz on Fedora 34

pigz is Parallel implementation of gzip

Introduction

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

What is pigz

pigz, which stands for parallel implementation of gzip, is a fully functional replacement for gzip that exploits multiple processors and multiple cores to the hilt when compressing data.

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

Install pigz 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 pigz using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pigz

Install pigz 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 pigz using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pigz

How To Uninstall pigz on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove pigz

pigz Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/pigz
/usr/bin/unpigz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/04fd6e9f27b8f074efb2977e8326baa79490a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/04fd6e9f27b8f074efb2977e8326baa79490a3.1
/usr/share/doc/pigz
/usr/share/doc/pigz/README
/usr/share/doc/pigz/pigz.pdf
/usr/share/man/man1/pigz.1.gz

References

Summary

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