Install Parallel On A Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian And MacOS

parallel

Run commands on multiple CPU cores.

Maintainer: Rogu00e9rio Brito

Email: [email protected] .

Website: https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/

Section: utils

Install parallel

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

Run commands on multiple CPU cores.

How to use parallel?

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

Gzip several files at once, using all cores:
parallel gzip ::: file1 file2 file3Click to copyRead arguments from stdin, run 4 jobs at once:
ls *.txt | parallel -j4 gzipClick to copyConvert JPG images to PNG using replacement strings:
parallel convert {} {.}.png ::: *.jpgClick to copyParallel xargs, cram as many args as possible onto one command:
args | parallel -X commandClick to copyBreak stdin into ~1M blocks, feed each block to stdin of new command:
cat big_file.txt | parallel --pipe --block 1M commandClick to copyRun on multiple machines via SSH:
parallel -S machine1,machine2 command ::: arg1 arg2Click to copy

Installation of latest parallel command is available for Debian, Ubuntu, Alpine, Arch, Kali, Fedora, Raspbian and macOS. You can copy the command for your OS from above and paste it into your terminal. Once you run the command it will download the 2026 latest package from the repository and install it in your computer/server.