bzip2
High-quality data compression program
bzip2 is a freely available, patent free (see below), high-quality data compressor. It typically compresses files to within 10% to 15% of the best available techniques (the PPM family of statistical compressors), whilst being around twice as fast at compression and six times faster at decompression.
- Versions: 1.0.8
- Website: https://web.archive.org/web/20180801004107/http://www.bzip.org/
- Licenses: non-copyleft
- Package source: gnu/packages/compression.scm
- Builds: See build status
- Issues: See known issues
Installation
Install the latest version of bzip2 as follows:
guix install bzip2
Or install a particular version:
guix install bzip2@1.0.8
You can also install packages in augmented, pure or containerized environments for development or simply to try them out without polluting your user profile. See the guix shell documentation for more information.
Badge code
You can use the following badge to inform users of bzip2 about the latest version available in Guix.
Example HTML:
<a href='https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/bzip2'><img src='https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/bzip2/badges/latest-version.svg' alt='Version in GNU Guix'></a>
Example Markdown:
[](https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/bzip2)
Example Org:
[[https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/bzip2][https://packages.guix.gnu.org/packages/bzip2/badges/latest-version.svg]]