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lz4


Information about the package, lz4, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The lz4 package is designed for, Extremely fast compression algorithm.


Package Name:

lz4

Summary:

Extremely fast compression algorithm

Description:

LZ4 is an extremely fast loss-less compression algorithm, providing compression speed at 400 MB/s per core, scalable with multi-core CPU. It also features an extremely fast decoder, with speed in multiple GB/s per core, typically reaching RAM speed limits on multi-core systems.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

r131

Release:

1.el6

Size:

63 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+ and BSD



Handy Yum Commands for lz4


Control the lz4 package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install lz4

This command will install lz4 on the server.

yum remove lz4

This command will un-install lz4 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lz4, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove lz4

This command will un-install lz4 on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove lz4 when using the -y flag.

yum update lz4

This command will update lz4 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lz4, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update lz4

This command will update lz4 to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove lz4 when using the -y flag.

yum info lz4

This command will show you core information about the lz4 package.

yum deplist lz4

This command will show you the dependencies for lz4. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update lz4

This command will check if there is an update waiting on lz4. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.