How To Install pxz on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install pxz on Rocky Linux 8. pxz is Parallel LZMA compressor using XZ

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pxz on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pxz.

Install pxz on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pxz using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pxz

Install pxz on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install pxz using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pxz

How To Uninstall pxz on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove pxz

pxz Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/pxz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/2007021102f8a193361c46e58eb6c42420f730
/usr/share/licenses/pxz
/usr/share/licenses/pxz/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/pxz.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pxz on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.