How To Install Lrzip In Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS?

How To Install Lrzip In Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS?

lrzip

A large file compression program.
See also `lrunzip`, `lrztar`, `lrzuntar`.

Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)



Section: utils

Install lrzip

  • Debian apt-get install lrzip Click to copy
  • Ubuntu apt-get install lrzip Click to copy
  • Alpine OS apk add lrzip Click to copy
  • Arch Linux pacman -S lrzip Click to copy
  • Kali Linux apt-get install lrzip Click to copy
  • Fedora dnf install lrzip Click to copy
  • Raspbian apt-get install lrzip Click to copy
  • macOS brew install lrzip Click to copy

A large file compression program. See also `lrunzip`, `lrztar`, `lrzuntar`.

How to use lrzip?

Below are few example commands for lrzip that you can use in the terminal.

Compress a file with LZMA - slow compression, fast decompression:
lrzip filenameClick to copy
Compress a file with BZIP2 - good middle ground for compression/speed:
lrzip -b filenameClick to copy
Compress with ZPAQ - extreme compression, but very slow:
lrzip -z filenameClick to copy
Compress with LZO - light compression, extremely fast decompression:
lrzip -l filenameClick to copy
Compress a file and password protect/encrypt it:
lrzip -e filenameClick to copy
Override the number of processor threads to use:
lrzip -p 8 filenameClick to copy
Installing lrzip command is simple. just copy one of the above commands for your operating system and paste it into terminal. This command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian and macOS operating systems. Once you run the command it will install the latest version of lrzip 2024 package in your OS.