How To Install slimdata on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install slimdata in Fedora 36. slimdata is Tools and library for reading and writing slim compressed data

Introduction

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

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.

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

Install slimdata 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 slimdata using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install slimdata

Install slimdata 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 slimdata using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install slimdata

How To Uninstall slimdata on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove slimdata

slimdata Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/slim_dump
/usr/bin/slimcat
/usr/bin/slimdata
/usr/bin/unslim
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/47e64defe3e43d2db6c5ec1a01576ca9751ae8
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/f949774ecdb580db867bea61911e8b302a69f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/eeab70975d4661d3e0e952cbc8046808a11cb3
/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

References

Summary

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

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Introduction

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

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.

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

Install slimdata 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 slimdata using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install slimdata

Install slimdata 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 slimdata using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install slimdata

How To Uninstall slimdata on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove slimdata

slimdata Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/slim_dump
/usr/bin/slimcat
/usr/bin/slimdata
/usr/bin/unslim
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/9652579146c43e39411a67e17f4b79b9c0414a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/6f58bfbfcca8181cd2bc9daf5d3059de55e222
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/3fc4ba0c025addde73923a6ff1a993c22031d9
/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

Summary

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