How To Install pigz on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install pigz in Fedora 36. pigz is Parallel implementation of gzip

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pigz on Fedora 36.

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 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pigz.

Install pigz on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pigz using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pigz

Install pigz on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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 36

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

sudo dnf remove pigz

pigz Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/pigz
/usr/bin/unpigz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/0cbc7e717bc7e72be86b337867e5749f9c57e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/0cbc7e717bc7e72be86b337867e5749f9c57e6.1
/usr/share/doc/pigz
/usr/share/doc/pigz/README
/usr/share/doc/pigz/pigz.pdf
/usr/share/man/man1/pigz.1.gz
/usr/bin/pigz
/usr/bin/unpigz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/5d9c02d334baf740e22d41180908023bd24cb7
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/5d9c02d334baf740e22d41180908023bd24cb7.1
/usr/share/doc/pigz
/usr/share/doc/pigz/README
/usr/share/doc/pigz/pigz.pdf
/usr/share/man/man1/pigz.1.gz

References

pigz website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pigz on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).