Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version svn-20091118

Chapter 11. System Utilities

LZMA-Utils-4.32.7

Introduction to LZMA-Utils

The LZMA-Utils package contains compression/decompression tools for files using the LZMA format. This is useful as more and more Gnu Linux packages are being delivered in the LZMA format.

Package Information

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/LZMAUtils

Installation of LZMA-Utils

Install LZMA-Utils by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: lzcat, lzcmp, lzdiff, lzegrep, lzfgrep, lzgrep, lzless, lzma, lzmadec, lzmainfo, lzmore and unlzma
Installed Library: liblzmadec.{so,a}
Installed Directory: /usr/share/doc/lzma-4.32.7

Short Descriptions

lzcat

is a symbolic link to lzma used to invoke lzma with the -cd parameter.

lzcmp

is a symbolic link to lzdiff

lzdiff

is used to compare LZMA compressed files.

lzegrep

is a symbolic link to lzgrep and uses egrep instead of grep.

lzfgrep

is a symbolic link to lzgrep and uses fgrep instead of grep.

lzgrep

is used to search LZMA compressed files for a regular expression.

lzless

is a symbolic link to lzmore which uses less instead of more.

lzma

is an LZMA compression and decompression tool.

lzmadec

is a small and fast decoder for LZMA compressed files which does not provide command-line arguments other than --help.

lzmainfo

is used to show information stored in the LZMA compressed file header.

lzmore

is a filter which allows examination of LZMA compressed text files one screenful at a time.

unlzma

is a symbolic link to lzma used to invoke lzma with the -d parameter.

liblzmadec.{so,a}

contains functions to support compression and decompression of LZMA files.

Last updated on 2009-10-18 23:35:42 +0000