How to Install and Uninstall xz.src Package on Oracle Linux 8

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "xz.src" package

Please follow the instructions below to install xz.src on Oracle Linux 8


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall xz.src on Oracle Linux 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xz.src package on Oracle Linux 8

Last metadata expiration check: 0:13:36 ago on Mon Sep 12 02:51:38 2022.
Available Packages
Name : xz
Version : 5.2.4
Release : 4.el8_6
Architecture : src
Size : 1.0 M
Source : None
Repository : ol8_baseos_latest
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.