How To Install zipper on Fedora 34

zipper is C++ wrapper around minizip compression library C++ wrapper around minizip compression library

Introduction

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

What is `zipper`

Zipper brings the power and simplicity of minizip to a more object oriented/c++ user friendly library. It was born out of the necessity of a compression library that would be reliable, simple and flexible. By flexibility I mean supporting all kinds of inputs and outputs, but specifically been able to compress into memory instead of been restricted to file compression only, and using data from memory instead of just files as well. Features - Create zip in memory - Allow files, vector and generic streams as input to zip - File mappings for replacing strategies (overwrite if exists or use alternative name from mapping) - Password protected zip - Multi platform zipper 1.0.1 4.fc34 x86_64 87 k zipper-1.0.1-4.fc34.src.rpm fedora C++ wrapper around minizip compression library https MIT and zlib and GPL+ Zipper brings the power and simplicity of minizip to a more object oriented/c++ user friendly library. It was born out of the necessity of a compression library that would be reliable, simple and flexible. By flexibility I mean supporting all kinds of inputs and outputs, but specifically been able to compress into memory instead of been restricted to file compression only, and using data from memory instead of just files as well. Features - Create zip in memory - Allow files, vector and generic streams as input to zip - File mappings for replacing strategies (overwrite if exists or use alternative name from mapping) - Password protected zip - Multi platform

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

Install zipper 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 zipper using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install zipper

Install zipper 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 zipper using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install zipper

How To Uninstall zipper on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove zipper

zipper Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/d8993d1d7a5d002de5179b43228538a7263a88
/usr/lib/libZipper.so.1
/usr/lib/libZipper.so.1.0.1
/usr/share/doc/zipper
/usr/share/doc/zipper/README.md
/usr/share/doc/zipper/VERSION.txt
/usr/share/licenses/zipper
/usr/share/licenses/zipper/LICENSE.md
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/287640e641999997b5eae22b4ada1a3f8112c4
/usr/lib64/libZipper.so.1
/usr/lib64/libZipper.so.1.0.1
/usr/share/doc/zipper
/usr/share/doc/zipper/README.md
/usr/share/doc/zipper/VERSION.txt
/usr/share/licenses/zipper
/usr/share/licenses/zipper/LICENSE.md

References

[zipper website](https://github.com/sebastiandev/zipper https://github.com/sebastiandev/zipper)

Summary

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