How To Install zchunk on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install zchunk on Rocky Linux 8. zchunk is Compressed file format that allows easy deltas

Introduction

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

What is zchunk

zchunk is a compressed file format that splits the file into independent chunks. This allows you to only download the differences when downloading a new version of the file, and also makes zchunk files efficient over rsync. zchunk files are protected with strong checksums to verify that the file you downloaded is in fact the file you wanted.

We can use yum or dnf to install zchunk on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install zchunk.

Install zchunk 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 zchunk using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install zchunk

Install zchunk 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 zchunk using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install zchunk

How To Uninstall zchunk on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove zchunk

zchunk Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/unzck
/usr/bin/zck
/usr/bin/zck_delta_size
/usr/bin/zck_gen_zdict
/usr/bin/zck_read_header
/usr/bin/zckdl
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/39
/usr/lib/.build-id/39/6ca4aea1c995a48fd93de23e8fa1f086289049
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/02e0b828ff0aa14d7cec8f926f0238166086ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/dd3e967194d01809e1b22d5f3ffdeb0b94cec0
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/6a5acd5415eef93aec71290913a6741d3154f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/19e854b61d9f710f5b4c4efd822109b11f4a8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/1002e3a2af6556541de001a0d7f735d6377061
/usr/libexec/zck_gen_xml_dictionary
/usr/share/doc/zchunk
/usr/share/doc/zchunk/README.md
/usr/share/doc/zchunk/contrib
/usr/share/doc/zchunk/contrib/gen_xml_dictionary
/usr/share/man/man1/unzck.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zck.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zck_delta_size.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zck_gen_zdict.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zck_read_header.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zckdl.1.gz

References

Summary

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