%general-entities; ]> LZMA-Utils-&lzma-version; LZMA-Utils <para>The LZMA-Utils package contains programs for compressing and decompressing files. Compressing text files with <command>LZMA-Utils</command> yields a much better compression percentage than with the traditional <command>gzip</command>.</para> </sect2> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of LZMA-Utils Prepare LZMA-Utils for compilation: ./configure --prefix=/usr libdir=/lib Compile the package: make Install the programs: make install Move the LZMA-Utils static libraries to the proper location: mv -v /lib/liblzmadec.{a,la} /usr/lib Create a symlink for the shared library: ln -svf ../../lib/liblzmadec.so.0 /usr/lib/liblzmadec.so Move the lzma binary, and a couple symlinks to it, to /bin to be available like other compressing utilities: mv -v /usr/bin/{lzma,lzcat,unlzma} /bin Contents of LZMA-Utils Installed programs Installed libraries lzma, lzcat (link to lzma), lzmadec, lzmainfo, lzmore, and unlzma (link to lzma). liblzmadec.a, liblzmadec.la, liblzmadec.so, liblzmadec.so.0, and liblzmadec.so.0.0.0 Short Descriptions lzma Compresses lzma files lzma lzcat Decompresses to standard output lzcat lzmadec Decompresses lzma files lzmaadec lzmainfo Shows information about the lzma file. lzmainfo lzmaless Runs less on lzma files lzmaless lzmamore Runs more on lzma files lzmamore liblzmadec* The library implements the Improved and optimized version of LZ77 algorithm liblzmadec*