source: BOOK/final-system/common/lzma.xml@ c2647c5

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<sect1 id="ch-system-lzma" role="wrap">
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  <title>LZMA-Utils-&lzma-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="ch-system-lzma">
    <primary sortas="a-LZMA-Utils">LZMA-Utils</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>

    <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</title>

    <para os="a">Prepare LZMA-Utils for compilation:</para>

<screen os="b"><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr libdir=/lib</userinput></screen>

    <para os="c">Compile the package::</para>

<screen os="d"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para os="e">Install the programs:</para>

<screen os="f"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

    <para os="g">Move the LZMA-Utils static libraries to the proper location:</para>

<screen os="h"><userinput>mv -v /lib/liblzmadec.{a,la} /usr/lib</userinput></screen>

    <para os="i">Create a symlink for the shared library:</para>

<screen os="j"><userinput>ln -svf ../../lib/liblzmadec.so.0 /usr/lib/liblzmadec.so</userinput></screen>

    <para os="k">Move the LZMA-Utils binaries to /bin to be available like other compressing utilities:</para>

<screen os="l"><userinput>mv -v /usr/bin/lzma /bin
ln -sfv lzma /bin/unlzma
ln -sfv lzma /bin/lzmacat</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-lzma" role="content">
    <title>Contents of LZMA-Utils</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>lzma, lzmacat (link to lzma), lzmadec, lzmainfo,
        lzmore, and unlzma (link to lzma).</seg>
        <seg>liblzmadec.a, liblzmadec.la, liblzmadec.so, liblzmadec.so.0, and
         liblzmadec.so.0.0.0</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="lzma">
        <term><command>lzma</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Compresses lzma files</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-lzma bunzip2">
            <primary sortas="b-lzma">lzma</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lzmacat">
        <term><command>lzmacat</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Decompresses to standard output</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-lzma lzmacat">
            <primary sortas="b-lzmacat">lzmacat</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lzmadec">
        <term><command>lzmadec</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Decompresses lzma files</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-lzma lzmadec">
            <primary sortas="b-lzmadec">lzmaadec</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lzmainfo">
        <term><command>lzmainfo</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Shows information about the lzma file.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-lzma lzmainfo">
            <primary sortas="b-lzmainfo">lzmainfo</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lzmaless">
        <term><command>lzmaless</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Runs <command>less</command> on lzma files</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-lzma lzmaless">
            <primary sortas="b-lzmaless">lzmaless</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="lzmamore">
        <term><command>lzmamore</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Runs <command>more</command> on lzma files</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-lzma lzmamore">
            <primary sortas="b-lzmamore">lzmamore</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="liblzmadec">
        <term><filename class="libraryfile">liblzmadec*</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>The library implements the Improved and optimized
          version of LZ77 algorithm</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-lzma liblzmadec">
            <primary sortas="c-liblzmadec*">liblzmadec*</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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