How to Install and Uninstall xz Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: January 12,2025

1. Install "xz" package

Learn how to install xz on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                xz
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xz" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall xz on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                xz
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xz package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package xz:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : xz
Version : 5.6.0-1.1
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 1.3 MiB
Installed : Yes (automatically)
Status : up-to-date
Source package : xz-5.6.0-1.1.src
Upstream URL : https://tukaani.org/xz/
Summary : A Program for Compressing Files with the Lempel–Ziv–Markov algorithm
Description :
The xz command is a program for compressing files.
* Average compression ratio of LZMA is about 30% better than that of
gzip, and 15% better than that of bzip2.
* Decompression speed is only little slower than that of gzip, being
two to five times faster than bzip2.
* In fast mode, compresses faster than bzip2 with a comparable
compression ratio.
* Achieving the best compression ratios takes four to even twelve
times longer than with bzip2. However, this does not affect
decompressing speed.
* Very similar command line interface to what gzip and bzip2 have.