How to Install and Uninstall xz.x86_64 Package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last updated: April 20,2024

1. Install "xz.x86_64" package

Please follow the instructions below to install xz.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                xz.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xz.x86_64" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall xz.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xz.x86_64 package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last metadata expiration check: 1 day, 3:39:38 ago on Sun May 9 13:03:46 2021.
Installed Packages
Name : xz
Version : 5.2.4
Release : 3.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 423 k
Source : xz-5.2.4-3.el8.src.rpm
Repository : @System
From repo : anaconda
Summary : LZMA compression utilities
URL : http://tukaani.org/xz/
License : GPLv2+ and Public Domain
Description : XZ Utils are an attempt to make LZMA compression easy to use on free (as in
: freedom) operating systems. This is achieved by providing tools and libraries
: which are similar to use than the equivalents of the most popular existing
: compression algorithms.
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: LZMA is a general purpose compression algorithm designed by Igor Pavlov as
: part of 7-Zip. It provides high compression ratio while keeping the
: decompression speed fast.