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Last change on this file since a9e964e was d7a9421, checked in by Douglas R. Reno <renodr@…>, 3 years ago

Merge Xi's changes into trunk
Update to meson-0.58.0
Update to systemd-248
Update to gcc-11.1.0
Update to linux-5.12.1
Update to iproute2-5.12.0
Update to Python-3.9.5
Make /bin, /sbin, and /lib symlinks to their counterparts in /usr.
Thanks again for a significant portion of this work goes to Xi, I only
really merged it and made a couple of modifications for my updates. To
LFS 11.x we go!

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-xz" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="xz.html"?>
10
11 <sect1info condition="script">
12 <productname>xz</productname>
13 <productnumber>&xz-version;</productnumber>
14 <address>&xz-url;</address>
15 </sect1info>
16
17 <title>Xz-&xz-version;</title>
18
19 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz">
20 <primary sortas="a-xz">Xz</primary>
21 </indexterm>
22
23 <sect2 role="package">
24 <title/>
25
26 <para>The Xz package contains programs for compressing and decompressing
27 files. It provides capabilities for the lzma and the newer xz compression
28 formats. Compressing text files with <command>xz</command> yields a better
29 compression percentage than with the traditional <command>gzip</command> or
30 <command>bzip2</command> commands.</para>
31
32 <segmentedlist>
33 <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
34 <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
35
36 <seglistitem>
37 <seg>&xz-fin-sbu;</seg>
38 <seg>&xz-fin-du;</seg>
39 </seglistitem>
40 </segmentedlist>
41
42 </sect2>
43
44 <sect2 role="installation">
45 <title>Installation of Xz</title>
46
47 <para>Prepare Xz for compilation with:</para>
48
49<screen><userinput remap="configure">./configure --prefix=/usr \
50 --disable-static \
51 --docdir=/usr/share/doc/xz-&xz-version;</userinput></screen>
52
53 <para>Compile the package:</para>
54
55<screen><userinput remap="make">make</userinput></screen>
56
57 <para>To test the results, issue:</para>
58
59<screen><userinput remap="test">make check</userinput></screen>
60
61 <para>Install the package:</para>
62
63<screen><userinput remap="install">make install</userinput></screen>
64
65 </sect2>
66
67 <sect2 id="contents-xz" role="content">
68 <title>Contents of Xz</title>
69
70 <segmentedlist>
71 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
72 <segtitle>Installed libraries</segtitle>
73 <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle>
74
75 <seglistitem>
76 <seg>
77 lzcat (link to xz),
78 lzcmp (link to xzdiff),
79 lzdiff (link to xzdiff),
80 lzegrep (link to xzgrep),
81 lzfgrep (link to xzgrep),
82 lzgrep (link to xzgrep),
83 lzless (link to xzless),
84 lzma (link to xz),
85 lzmadec,
86 lzmainfo,
87 lzmore (link to xzmore),
88 unlzma (link to xz),
89 unxz (link to xz),
90 xz,
91 xzcat (link to xz),
92 xzcmp (link to xzdiff),
93 xzdec,
94 xzdiff,
95 xzegrep (link to xzgrep),
96 xzfgrep (link to xzgrep),
97 xzgrep,
98 xzless, and
99 xzmore</seg>
100 <seg>
101 liblzma.so
102 </seg>
103 <seg>
104 /usr/include/lzma and
105 /usr/share/doc/xz-&xz-version;
106 </seg>
107 </seglistitem>
108 </segmentedlist>
109
110 <variablelist>
111 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
112 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
113 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
114
115 <varlistentry id="lzcat">
116 <term><command>lzcat</command></term>
117 <listitem>
118 <para>Decompresses to standard output</para>
119 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzcat">
120 <primary sortas="b-lzcat">lzcat</primary>
121 </indexterm>
122 </listitem>
123 </varlistentry>
124
125 <varlistentry id="lzcmp">
126 <term><command>lzcmp</command></term>
127 <listitem>
128 <para>Runs <command>cmp</command> on LZMA compressed files</para>
129 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzcmp">
130 <primary sortas="b-lzcmp">lzcmp</primary>
131 </indexterm>
132 </listitem>
133 </varlistentry>
134
135 <varlistentry id="lzdiff">
136 <term><command>lzdiff</command></term>
137 <listitem>
138 <para>Runs <command>diff</command> on LZMA compressed files</para>
139 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzdiff">
140 <primary sortas="b-lzdiff">lzdiff</primary>
141 </indexterm>
142 </listitem>
143 </varlistentry>
144
145 <varlistentry id="lzegrep">
146 <term><command>lzegrep</command></term>
147 <listitem>
148 <para>Runs <command>egrep</command> on LZMA compressed files</para>
149 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzegrep">
150 <primary sortas="b-lzegrep">lzegrep</primary>
151 </indexterm>
152 </listitem>
153 </varlistentry>
154
155 <varlistentry id="lzfgrep">
156 <term><command>lzfgrep</command></term>
157 <listitem>
158 <para>Runs <command>fgrep</command> on LZMA compressed files</para>
159 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzfgrep">
160 <primary sortas="b-lzfgrep">lzfgrep</primary>
161 </indexterm>
162 </listitem>
163 </varlistentry>
164
165 <varlistentry id="lzgrep">
166 <term><command>lzgrep</command></term>
167 <listitem>
168 <para>Runs <command>grep</command> on LZMA compressed files</para>
169 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzgrep">
170 <primary sortas="b-lzgrep">lzgrep</primary>
171 </indexterm>
172 </listitem>
173 </varlistentry>
174
175 <varlistentry id="lzless">
176 <term><command>lzless</command></term>
177 <listitem>
178 <para>Runs <command>less</command> on LZMA compressed files</para>
179 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzless">
180 <primary sortas="b-lzless">lzless</primary>
181 </indexterm>
182 </listitem>
183 </varlistentry>
184
185 <varlistentry id="lzma">
186 <term><command>lzma</command></term>
187 <listitem>
188 <para>Compresses or decompresses files using the LZMA format</para>
189 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzma">
190 <primary sortas="b-lzma">lzma</primary>
191 </indexterm>
192 </listitem>
193 </varlistentry>
194
195 <varlistentry id="lzmadec">
196 <term><command>lzmadec</command></term>
197 <listitem>
198 <para>A small and fast decoder for LZMA compressed files</para>
199 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzmadec">
200 <primary sortas="b-lzmadec">lzmadec</primary>
201 </indexterm>
202 </listitem>
203 </varlistentry>
204
205 <varlistentry id="lzmainfo">
206 <term><command>lzmainfo</command></term>
207 <listitem>
208 <para>Shows information stored in the LZMA compressed file header</para>
209 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzmainfo">
210 <primary sortas="b-lzmainfo">lzmainfo</primary>
211 </indexterm>
212 </listitem>
213 </varlistentry>
214
215 <varlistentry id="lzmore">
216 <term><command>lzmore</command></term>
217 <listitem>
218 <para>Runs <command>more</command> on LZMA compressed files</para>
219 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz lzmore">
220 <primary sortas="b-lzmamore">lzmore</primary>
221 </indexterm>
222 </listitem>
223 </varlistentry>
224
225 <varlistentry id="unlzma">
226 <term><command>unlzma</command></term>
227 <listitem>
228 <para>Decompresses files using the LZMA format</para>
229 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz unlzma">
230 <primary sortas="b-unlzma">unlzma</primary>
231 </indexterm>
232 </listitem>
233 </varlistentry>
234
235 <varlistentry id="unxz">
236 <term><command>unxz</command></term>
237 <listitem>
238 <para>Decompresses files using the XZ format</para>
239 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz unxz">
240 <primary sortas="b-unxz">unxz</primary>
241 </indexterm>
242 </listitem>
243 </varlistentry>
244
245 <varlistentry id="xz">
246 <term><command>xz</command></term>
247 <listitem>
248 <para>Compresses or decompresses files using the XZ format</para>
249 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xz">
250 <primary sortas="b-xz">xz</primary>
251 </indexterm>
252 </listitem>
253 </varlistentry>
254
255 <varlistentry id="xzcat">
256 <term><command>xzcat</command></term>
257 <listitem>
258 <para>Decompresses to standard output</para>
259 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzcat">
260 <primary sortas="b-xzcat">xzcat</primary>
261 </indexterm>
262 </listitem>
263 </varlistentry>
264
265 <varlistentry id="xzcmp">
266 <term><command>xzcmp</command></term>
267 <listitem>
268 <para>Runs <command>cmp</command> on XZ compressed files</para>
269 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzcmp">
270 <primary sortas="b-xzcmp">xzcmp</primary>
271 </indexterm>
272 </listitem>
273 </varlistentry>
274
275 <varlistentry id="xzdec">
276 <term><command>xzdec</command></term>
277 <listitem>
278 <para>A small and fast decoder for XZ compressed files</para>
279 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzdec">
280 <primary sortas="b-xzdec">xzdec</primary>
281 </indexterm>
282 </listitem>
283 </varlistentry>
284
285 <varlistentry id="xzdiff">
286 <term><command>xzdiff</command></term>
287 <listitem>
288 <para>Runs <command>diff</command> on XZ compressed files</para>
289 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzdiff">
290 <primary sortas="b-xzdiff">xzdiff</primary>
291 </indexterm>
292 </listitem>
293 </varlistentry>
294
295 <varlistentry id="xzegrep">
296 <term><command>xzegrep</command></term>
297 <listitem>
298 <para>Runs <command>egrep</command> on XZ compressed files</para>
299 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzegrep">
300 <primary sortas="b-xzegrep">xzegrep</primary>
301 </indexterm>
302 </listitem>
303 </varlistentry>
304
305 <varlistentry id="xzfgrep">
306 <term><command>xzfgrep</command></term>
307 <listitem>
308 <para>Runs <command>fgrep</command> on XZ compressed files</para>
309 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzfgrep">
310 <primary sortas="b-xzfgrep">xzfgrep</primary>
311 </indexterm>
312 </listitem>
313 </varlistentry>
314
315 <varlistentry id="xzgrep">
316 <term><command>xzgrep</command></term>
317 <listitem>
318 <para>Runs <command>grep</command> on XZ compressed files</para>
319 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzgrep">
320 <primary sortas="b-xzgrep">xzgrep</primary>
321 </indexterm>
322 </listitem>
323 </varlistentry>
324
325 <varlistentry id="xzless">
326 <term><command>xzless</command></term>
327 <listitem>
328 <para>Runs <command>less</command> on XZ compressed files</para>
329 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzless">
330 <primary sortas="b-xzless">xzless</primary>
331 </indexterm>
332 </listitem>
333 </varlistentry>
334
335 <varlistentry id="xzmore">
336 <term><command>xzmore</command></term>
337 <listitem>
338 <para>Runs <command>more</command> on XZ compressed files</para>
339 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz xzmore">
340 <primary sortas="b-xzmore">xzmore</primary>
341 </indexterm>
342 </listitem>
343 </varlistentry>
344
345 <varlistentry id="liblzma">
346 <term><filename class="libraryfile">liblzma</filename></term>
347 <listitem>
348 <para>The library implementing lossless, block-sorting data
349 compression, using the Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain algorithm</para>
350 <indexterm zone="ch-system-xz liblzma">
351 <primary sortas="c-liblzma">liblzma</primary>
352 </indexterm>
353 </listitem>
354 </varlistentry>
355
356 </variablelist>
357
358 </sect2>
359
360</sect1>
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