How To Install lbzip2 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lbzip2 on CentOS 7.
What is lbzip2
lbzip2 is an independent, multi-threaded implementation of bzip2. It is commonly the fastest SMP (and uniprocessor) bzip2 compressor and decompressor.
We can use yum or dnf to install lbzip2 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lbzip2.
Install lbzip2 on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install lbzip2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lbzip2
Install lbzip2 on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install lbzip2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lbzip2
How To Uninstall lbzip2 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the lbzip2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lbzip2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lbzip2 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
