How To Install slimdata on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install slimdata
on Fedora 34.
What is slimdata
Slim is a data compression system for scientific data sets, both a binary and a library with C linkage. Slim works with integer data from one or more channels in a file, which it can compress more rapidly than general tools like gzip. slimdata 2.7.1 3.fc34 x86_64 96 k slimdata-2.7.1-3.fc34.src.rpm fedora Tools and library for reading and writing slim compressed data http GPLv3+ Slim is a data compression system for scientific data sets, both a binary and a library with C linkage. Slim works with integer data from one or more channels in a file, which it can compress more rapidly than general tools like gzip.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install slimdata
on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install slimdata.
Install slimdata 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 slimdata
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install slimdata
Install slimdata 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 slimdata
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install slimdata
How To Uninstall slimdata on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the slimdata
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove slimdata
slimdata Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/slim_dump
/usr/bin/slimcat
/usr/bin/slimdata
/usr/bin/unslim
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/afe76427f36379d2d43f176eddb3f652f7487d
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/4af7554689e2e391b1b64f450aec26206aa651
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ef/232d7d007f663bd71951dabe51f90f31129b7a
/usr/lib64/libslim.so.0
/usr/lib64/libslim.so.0.0
/usr/share/doc/slimdata
/usr/share/doc/slimdata/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/slimdata/README
/usr/share/doc/slimdata/TODO
/usr/share/doc/slimdata/VERSIONS
/usr/share/licenses/slimdata
/usr/share/licenses/slimdata/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/slimcat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/slimdata.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unslim.1.gz
/usr/bin/slim_dump
/usr/bin/slimcat
/usr/bin/slimdata
/usr/bin/unslim
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/41ad91eb5e806e7dda5af124a3a066d8b85d10
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/a22cb8eb5034455399cb9cf24d459a8b6d19d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/ffbea74daf93ffecaef84ae76bb2274d45db80
/usr/lib/libslim.so.0
/usr/lib/libslim.so.0.0
/usr/share/doc/slimdata
/usr/share/doc/slimdata/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/slimdata/README
/usr/share/doc/slimdata/TODO
/usr/share/doc/slimdata/VERSIONS
/usr/share/licenses/slimdata
/usr/share/licenses/slimdata/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/slimcat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/slimdata.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unslim.1.gz
References
- [slimdata website](http://slimdata.sourceforge.net/ http://slimdata.sourceforge.net/)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install slimdata
on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.