gzip 1.10

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.

Website: https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/
Licenses: GPL 3+
Package source: gnu/packages/compression.scm
Builds: See build status
Issues: See known issues

Installation

Install gzip 1.10 as follows:

guix install gzip@1.10

Or install the latest version:

guix install gzip

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.