How To Install pxz on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pxz on CentOS 7.
What is pxz
Parallel XZ is a compression utility that takes advantage of running XZ compression simultaneously on different parts of an input file on multiple cores and processors. This significantly speeds up compression time.
We can use yum or dnf to install pxz on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pxz.
Install pxz on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install pxz using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pxz
Install pxz 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 pxz using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pxz
How To Uninstall pxz on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the pxz package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pxz
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pxz on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
