xz.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last updated: October 01,2023

1. Install xz.x86_64 package

Please follow the instructions below to install xz.x86_64 package:

sudo dnf makecache

sudo dnf install xz.x86_64

2. Uninstall / Remove xz.x86_64 package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall xz.x86_64 package:

sudo dnf remove xz.x86_64

sudo dnf autoremove

3. Details of xz.x86_64 package

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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.

             : 

             : 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.