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gzip

General file (de)compression (using lzw)

GNU Gzip provides data compression and decompression utilities; the typical extension is ".gz". Unlike the "zip" format, it compresses a single file; as a result, it is often used in conjunction with "tar", resulting in ".tar.gz" or ".tgz", etc.

Installation

Install the latest version of gzip as follows:

guix install gzip

Or install a particular version:

guix install gzip@1.12

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.