How To Install lz4 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lz4 on CentOS 7.
What is lz4
LZ4 is an extremely fast loss-less compression algorithm, providing compression speed at 400 MB/s per core, scalable with multi-core CPU. It also features an extremely fast decoder, with speed in multiple GB/s per core, typically reaching RAM speed limits on multi-core systems.
We can use yum or dnf to install lz4 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lz4.
Install lz4 on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install lz4 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lz4
Install lz4 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 lz4 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lz4
How To Uninstall lz4 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the lz4 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lz4
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lz4 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.