plzip
Parallel lossless data compressor for the lzip format
Plzip is a massively parallel (multi-threaded) lossless data compressor and decompressor that uses the lzip file format (.lz). Files produced by plzip are fully compatible with lzip and can be rescued with lziprecover. On multiprocessor machines, plzip can compress and decompress large files much faster than lzip, at the cost of a slightly reduced compression ratio (0.4% to 2%). The number of usable threads is limited by file size: on files of only a few MiB, plzip is no faster than lzip. Files that were compressed with regular lzip will also not be decompressed faster by plzip, unless the -b option was used: lzip usually produces single-member files which can't be decompressed in parallel.
- Versions: 1.11
- Website: https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/plzip.html
- Licenses: FreeBSD · GPL 2+
- Package source: gnu/packages/compression.scm
- Builds: See build status
- Issues: See known issues
Installation
Install the latest version of plzip as follows:
guix install plzip
Or install a particular version:
guix install plzip@1.11
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 plzip about the latest version available in Guix.
Example HTML:
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Example Markdown:
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Example Org:
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