How To Install zopfli on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install zopfli on CentOS 7.
What is zopfli
Zopfli is a compression algorithm bit-stream compatible with compression used in gzip, Zip, PNG, HTTP requests, and others. Zopfli compresses more (~5%) but is slower (~100x) and uses more CPU and hence best suited for applications where data is compressed once and sent over a network many times, for example, static content for the web.
We can use yum or dnf to install zopfli on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install zopfli.
Install zopfli on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install zopfli using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install zopfli
Install zopfli 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 zopfli using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install zopfli
How To Uninstall zopfli on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the zopfli package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove zopfli
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zopfli on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.