How To Install pxz on Fedora 34

pxz is Parallel LZMA compressor using XZ

Introduction

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

What is `pxz`

Parallel XZ is a compression utility that takes advantage of running XZ compression simultaneously on different parts of an input file on multiple cores and processors. This significantly speeds up compression time.

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

Install pxz 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 pxz using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pxz

Install pxz 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 pxz using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pxz

How To Uninstall pxz on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove pxz

pxz Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/pxz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd
/usr/lib/.build-id/dd/0e11ce912a1d5a5d74022d7050c68bbcf14b25
/usr/share/licenses/pxz
/usr/share/licenses/pxz/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/pxz.1.gz

References

pxz website

Summary

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