How To Install rzip on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install rzip in Fedora 36. rzip is A large-file compression program

Introduction

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

What is `rzip`

rzip is a compression program, similar in functionality to gzip or bzip2, but able to take advantage of long distance redundancies in files, which can sometimes allow rzip to produce much better compression ratios than other programs.

We can use yum or dnf to install rzip on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rzip.

Install rzip 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 rzip using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install rzip

Install rzip 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 rzip using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install rzip

How To Uninstall rzip on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove rzip

rzip Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/rzip
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc
/usr/lib/.build-id/cc/0e2e4af72dcd859aca015a4f6756040fb45951
/usr/share/doc/rzip
/usr/share/doc/rzip/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/rzip.1.gz

References

rzip website

Summary

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