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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 | ]>
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| 7 |
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-xz" role="wrap">
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="xz.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <sect1info condition="script">
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| 12 | <productname>xz</productname>
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| 13 | <productnumber>&xz-version;</productnumber>
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| 14 | <address>&xz-url;</address>
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| 15 | </sect1info>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <title>Xz-&xz-version;</title>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz">
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| 20 | <primary sortas="a-xz">Xz</primary>
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| 21 | </indexterm>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 24 | <title/>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <para>The Xz package contains programs for compressing and decompressing
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| 27 | files. It provides capabilities for the lzma and the newer xz compression
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| 28 | formats. Compressing text files with <command>xz</command> yields a better
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| 29 | compression percentage than with the traditional <command>gzip</command> or
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| 30 | <command>bzip2</command> commands.</para>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <segmentedlist>
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| 33 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 34 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | <seglistitem>
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| [fb386e0] | 37 | <seg>&xz-fin-sbu;</seg>
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| 38 | <seg>&xz-fin-du;</seg>
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| [fcc02767] | 39 | </seglistitem>
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| 40 | </segmentedlist>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | </sect2>
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| 43 |
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| 44 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 45 | <title>Installation of Xz</title>
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| [f2af13d] | 46 | <!--
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| [1d69418] | 47 | <para>Apply a patch to fix an issue in xzgrep:</para>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../&xz-upstream-fix-patch;</userinput></screen>
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| [f2af13d] | 50 | -->
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| [fcc02767] | 51 | <para>Prepare Xz for compilation with:</para>
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| 52 |
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| 53 | <screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 54 | --disable-static \
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| 55 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/xz-&xz-version;</userinput></screen>
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| 56 |
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| 57 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
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| 62 |
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| 63 | <screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
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| 64 |
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| [d7a9421] | 65 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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| [fcc02767] | 66 |
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| [d7a9421] | 67 | <screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
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| [fcc02767] | 68 |
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| 69 | </sect2>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | <sect2 id="contents-xz" role="content">
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| 72 | <title>Contents of Xz</title>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <segmentedlist>
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| 75 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 76 | <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
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| 77 | <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
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| 78 |
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| 79 | <seglistitem>
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| 80 | <seg>
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| [d672ab7] | 81 | lzcat (link to xz),
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| 82 | lzcmp (link to xzdiff),
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| 83 | lzdiff (link to xzdiff),
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| 84 | lzegrep (link to xzgrep),
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| [fcc02767] | 85 | lzfgrep (link to xzgrep),
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| [d672ab7] | 86 | lzgrep (link to xzgrep),
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| 87 | lzless (link to xzless),
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| [fcc02767] | 88 | lzma (link to xz),
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| [d672ab7] | 89 | lzmadec,
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| 90 | lzmainfo,
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| [fcc02767] | 91 | lzmore (link to xzmore),
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| [d672ab7] | 92 | unlzma (link to xz),
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| 93 | unxz (link to xz),
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| 94 | xz,
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| [fcc02767] | 95 | xzcat (link to xz),
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| [d672ab7] | 96 | xzcmp (link to xzdiff),
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| 97 | xzdec,
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| 98 | xzdiff,
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| [fcc02767] | 99 | xzegrep (link to xzgrep),
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| [d672ab7] | 100 | xzfgrep (link to xzgrep),
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| 101 | xzgrep,
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| 102 | xzless, and
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| [fcc02767] | 103 | xzmore</seg>
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| 104 | <seg>
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| 105 | liblzma.so
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| 106 | </seg>
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| 107 | <seg>
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| [d672ab7] | 108 | /usr/include/lzma and
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| [fcc02767] | 109 | /usr/share/doc/xz-&xz-version;
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| 110 | </seg>
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| 111 | </seglistitem>
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| 112 | </segmentedlist>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <variablelist>
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| 115 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 116 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 117 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <varlistentry id="lzcat">
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| 120 | <term><command>lzcat</command></term>
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| 121 | <listitem>
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| 122 | <para>Decompresses to standard output</para>
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| 123 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzcat">
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| 124 | <primary sortas="b-lzcat">lzcat</primary>
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| 125 | </indexterm>
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| 126 | </listitem>
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| 127 | </varlistentry>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <varlistentry id="lzcmp">
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| 130 | <term><command>lzcmp</command></term>
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| 131 | <listitem>
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| 132 | <para>Runs <command>cmp</command> on LZMA compressed files</para>
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| 133 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzcmp">
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| 134 | <primary sortas="b-lzcmp">lzcmp</primary>
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| 135 | </indexterm>
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| 136 | </listitem>
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| 137 | </varlistentry>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | <varlistentry id="lzdiff">
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| 140 | <term><command>lzdiff</command></term>
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| 141 | <listitem>
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| 142 | <para>Runs <command>diff</command> on LZMA compressed files</para>
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| 143 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzdiff">
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| 144 | <primary sortas="b-lzdiff">lzdiff</primary>
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| 145 | </indexterm>
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| 146 | </listitem>
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| 147 | </varlistentry>
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| 148 |
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| 149 | <varlistentry id="lzegrep">
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| 150 | <term><command>lzegrep</command></term>
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| 151 | <listitem>
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| 152 | <para>Runs <command>egrep</command> on LZMA compressed files</para>
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| 153 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzegrep">
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| 154 | <primary sortas="b-lzegrep">lzegrep</primary>
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| 155 | </indexterm>
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| 156 | </listitem>
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| 157 | </varlistentry>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <varlistentry id="lzfgrep">
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| 160 | <term><command>lzfgrep</command></term>
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| 161 | <listitem>
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| 162 | <para>Runs <command>fgrep</command> on LZMA compressed files</para>
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| 163 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzfgrep">
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| 164 | <primary sortas="b-lzfgrep">lzfgrep</primary>
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| 165 | </indexterm>
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| 166 | </listitem>
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| 167 | </varlistentry>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | <varlistentry id="lzgrep">
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| 170 | <term><command>lzgrep</command></term>
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| 171 | <listitem>
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| 172 | <para>Runs <command>grep</command> on LZMA compressed files</para>
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| 173 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzgrep">
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| 174 | <primary sortas="b-lzgrep">lzgrep</primary>
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| 175 | </indexterm>
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| 176 | </listitem>
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| 177 | </varlistentry>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | <varlistentry id="lzless">
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| 180 | <term><command>lzless</command></term>
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| 181 | <listitem>
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| 182 | <para>Runs <command>less</command> on LZMA compressed files</para>
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| 183 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzless">
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| 184 | <primary sortas="b-lzless">lzless</primary>
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| 185 | </indexterm>
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| 186 | </listitem>
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| 187 | </varlistentry>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <varlistentry id="lzma">
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| 190 | <term><command>lzma</command></term>
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| 191 | <listitem>
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| 192 | <para>Compresses or decompresses files using the LZMA format</para>
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| 193 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzma">
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| 194 | <primary sortas="b-lzma">lzma</primary>
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| 195 | </indexterm>
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| 196 | </listitem>
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| 197 | </varlistentry>
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| 198 |
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| 199 | <varlistentry id="lzmadec">
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| 200 | <term><command>lzmadec</command></term>
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| 201 | <listitem>
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| 202 | <para>A small and fast decoder for LZMA compressed files</para>
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| 203 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzmadec">
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| 204 | <primary sortas="b-lzmadec">lzmadec</primary>
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| 205 | </indexterm>
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| 206 | </listitem>
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| 207 | </varlistentry>
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| 208 |
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| 209 | <varlistentry id="lzmainfo">
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| 210 | <term><command>lzmainfo</command></term>
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| 211 | <listitem>
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| 212 | <para>Shows information stored in the LZMA compressed file header</para>
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| 213 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzmainfo">
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| 214 | <primary sortas="b-lzmainfo">lzmainfo</primary>
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| 215 | </indexterm>
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| 216 | </listitem>
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| 217 | </varlistentry>
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| 218 |
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| 219 | <varlistentry id="lzmore">
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| 220 | <term><command>lzmore</command></term>
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| 221 | <listitem>
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| 222 | <para>Runs <command>more</command> on LZMA compressed files</para>
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| 223 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzmore">
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| 224 | <primary sortas="b-lzmamore">lzmore</primary>
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| 225 | </indexterm>
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| 226 | </listitem>
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| 227 | </varlistentry>
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| 228 |
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| 229 | <varlistentry id="unlzma">
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| 230 | <term><command>unlzma</command></term>
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| 231 | <listitem>
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| 232 | <para>Decompresses files using the LZMA format</para>
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| 233 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz unlzma">
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| 234 | <primary sortas="b-unlzma">unlzma</primary>
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| 235 | </indexterm>
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| 236 | </listitem>
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| 237 | </varlistentry>
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| 238 |
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| 239 | <varlistentry id="unxz">
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| 240 | <term><command>unxz</command></term>
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| 241 | <listitem>
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| 242 | <para>Decompresses files using the XZ format</para>
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| 243 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz unxz">
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| 244 | <primary sortas="b-unxz">unxz</primary>
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| 245 | </indexterm>
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| 246 | </listitem>
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| 247 | </varlistentry>
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| 248 |
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| 249 | <varlistentry id="xz">
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| 250 | <term><command>xz</command></term>
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| 251 | <listitem>
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| 252 | <para>Compresses or decompresses files using the XZ format</para>
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| 253 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xz">
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| 254 | <primary sortas="b-xz">xz</primary>
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| 255 | </indexterm>
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| 256 | </listitem>
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| 257 | </varlistentry>
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| 258 |
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| 259 | <varlistentry id="xzcat">
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| 260 | <term><command>xzcat</command></term>
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| 261 | <listitem>
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| 262 | <para>Decompresses to standard output</para>
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| 263 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzcat">
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| 264 | <primary sortas="b-xzcat">xzcat</primary>
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| 265 | </indexterm>
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| 266 | </listitem>
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| 267 | </varlistentry>
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| 268 |
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| 269 | <varlistentry id="xzcmp">
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| 270 | <term><command>xzcmp</command></term>
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| 271 | <listitem>
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| 272 | <para>Runs <command>cmp</command> on XZ compressed files</para>
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| 273 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzcmp">
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| 274 | <primary sortas="b-xzcmp">xzcmp</primary>
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| 275 | </indexterm>
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| 276 | </listitem>
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| 277 | </varlistentry>
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| 278 |
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| 279 | <varlistentry id="xzdec">
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| 280 | <term><command>xzdec</command></term>
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| 281 | <listitem>
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| 282 | <para>A small and fast decoder for XZ compressed files</para>
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| 283 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzdec">
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| 284 | <primary sortas="b-xzdec">xzdec</primary>
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| 285 | </indexterm>
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| 286 | </listitem>
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| 287 | </varlistentry>
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| 288 |
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| 289 | <varlistentry id="xzdiff">
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| 290 | <term><command>xzdiff</command></term>
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| 291 | <listitem>
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| 292 | <para>Runs <command>diff</command> on XZ compressed files</para>
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| 293 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzdiff">
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| 294 | <primary sortas="b-xzdiff">xzdiff</primary>
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| 295 | </indexterm>
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| 296 | </listitem>
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| 297 | </varlistentry>
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| 298 |
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| 299 | <varlistentry id="xzegrep">
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| 300 | <term><command>xzegrep</command></term>
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| 301 | <listitem>
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| 302 | <para>Runs <command>egrep</command> on XZ compressed files</para>
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| 303 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzegrep">
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| 304 | <primary sortas="b-xzegrep">xzegrep</primary>
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| 305 | </indexterm>
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| 306 | </listitem>
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| 307 | </varlistentry>
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| 308 |
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| 309 | <varlistentry id="xzfgrep">
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| 310 | <term><command>xzfgrep</command></term>
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| 311 | <listitem>
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| 312 | <para>Runs <command>fgrep</command> on XZ compressed files</para>
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| 313 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzfgrep">
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| 314 | <primary sortas="b-xzfgrep">xzfgrep</primary>
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| 315 | </indexterm>
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| 316 | </listitem>
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| 317 | </varlistentry>
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| 318 |
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| 319 | <varlistentry id="xzgrep">
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| 320 | <term><command>xzgrep</command></term>
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| 321 | <listitem>
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| 322 | <para>Runs <command>grep</command> on XZ compressed files</para>
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| 323 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzgrep">
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| 324 | <primary sortas="b-xzgrep">xzgrep</primary>
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| 325 | </indexterm>
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| 326 | </listitem>
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| 327 | </varlistentry>
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| 328 |
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| 329 | <varlistentry id="xzless">
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| 330 | <term><command>xzless</command></term>
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| 331 | <listitem>
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| 332 | <para>Runs <command>less</command> on XZ compressed files</para>
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| 333 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzless">
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| 334 | <primary sortas="b-xzless">xzless</primary>
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| 335 | </indexterm>
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| 336 | </listitem>
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| 337 | </varlistentry>
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| 338 |
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| 339 | <varlistentry id="xzmore">
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| 340 | <term><command>xzmore</command></term>
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| 341 | <listitem>
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| 342 | <para>Runs <command>more</command> on XZ compressed files</para>
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| 343 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzmore">
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| 344 | <primary sortas="b-xzmore">xzmore</primary>
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| 345 | </indexterm>
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| 346 | </listitem>
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| 347 | </varlistentry>
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| 348 |
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| 349 | <varlistentry id="liblzma">
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| 350 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">liblzma</filename></term>
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| 351 | <listitem>
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| 352 | <para>The library implementing lossless, block-sorting data
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| 353 | compression, using the Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain algorithm</para>
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| 354 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz liblzma">
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| 355 | <primary sortas="c-liblzma">liblzma</primary>
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| 356 | </indexterm>
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| 357 | </listitem>
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| 358 | </varlistentry>
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| 359 |
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| 360 | </variablelist>
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| 361 |
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| 362 | </sect2>
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| 363 |
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| 364 | </sect1>
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