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Library and CLI tools for XZ and LZMA compressed files (development files)

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Library and CLI tools for XZ and LZMA compressed files (development files)

This project links 56 native package records across 10 recorded operating-system releases. Compare the retained versions and architectures below, then open the package for your own release.

These are catalog observations, not a guarantee of installation, compatibility, or upstream support.

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Project pictures and package coverage

Alpine Linux 3.21: 5 package records; Alpine Linux 3.22: 5 package records; Alpine Linux 3.23: 5 package records; Debian 12 (Bookworm): 5 package records; Debian 13 (Trixie): 5 package records; Fedora 43: 5 package records; Fedora 44: 5 package records; openSUSE Leap 15.6: 7 package records; openSUSE Leap 16.0: 7 package records; openSUSE Tumbleweed: 7 package records. Catalog coverage diagram, not an application screenshot.xz: recorded package coverageAlpine Linux 3.215 recordsAlpine Linux 3.225 recordsAlpine Linux 3.235 recordsDebian 12 (Bookworm)5 recordsDebian 13 (Trixie)5 recordsFedora 435 recordsFedora 445 recordsopenSUSE Leap 15.67 records
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Project identity

Project
xz
Publisher
Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records
56
Operating systems
alpine-linux-3-21, alpine-linux-3-22, alpine-linux-3-23, debian-12, debian-13, fedora-43, fedora-44, opensuse-leap-15-6, opensuse-leap-16-0, opensuse-tumbleweed
License expression
GPL-2.0-or-later AND 0BSD AND Public-Domain AND LGPL-2.1-or-later
Metadata completeness
70/100 (not a software quality rating)
Homepage
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Source repository
Not reported

Source-reported description

The fullest retained description is shown with its source. Distribution packaging descriptions may include downstream details.

The xz command is a program for compressing files. * Average compression ratio of LZMA is about 30% better than that of gzip, and 15% better than that of bzip2. * Decompression speed is only little slower than that of gzip, being two to five times faster than bzip2. * In fast mode, compresses faster than bzip2 with a comparable compression ratio. * Achieving the best compression ratios takes four to even twelve times longer than with bzip2. However, this does not affect decompressing speed. * Very similar command line interface to what gzip and bzip2 have.

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Packages by operating system

Compare recorded versions, then open a package for dependency, file, checksum, and repository evidence. Version strings are distribution-specific, not a ranking of newer software.

Alpine Linux 3.21

  1. xz

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source xz

    5.8.3-r0

    Library and CLI tools for XZ and LZMA compressed files

    aarch64x86_64v3.21
  2. xz-dev

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source xz

    5.8.3-r0

    Library and CLI tools for XZ and LZMA compressed files (development files)

    aarch64x86_64v3.21
  3. xz-doc

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source xz

    5.8.3-r0

    Library and CLI tools for XZ and LZMA compressed files (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.21
  4. xz-libs

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source xz

    5.8.3-r0

    Library and CLI tools for XZ and LZMA compressed files (libraries)

    aarch64x86_64v3.21
  5. xz-static

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source xz

    5.8.3-r0

    Library and CLI tools for XZ and LZMA compressed files (static library)

    aarch64x86_64v3.21

Alpine Linux 3.22

  1. xz

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source xz

    5.8.3-r0

    Library and CLI tools for XZ and LZMA compressed files

    aarch64x86_64v3.22
  2. xz-dev

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source xz

    5.8.3-r0

    Library and CLI tools for XZ and LZMA compressed files (development files)

    aarch64x86_64v3.22
  3. xz-doc

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source xz

    5.8.3-r0

    Library and CLI tools for XZ and LZMA compressed files (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.22
  4. xz-libs

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source xz

    5.8.3-r0

    Library and CLI tools for XZ and LZMA compressed files (libraries)

    aarch64x86_64v3.22
  5. xz-static

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source xz

    5.8.3-r0

    Library and CLI tools for XZ and LZMA compressed files (static library)

    aarch64x86_64v3.22

Alpine Linux 3.23

  1. xz

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source xz

    5.8.3-r0

    Library and CLI tools for XZ and LZMA compressed files

    aarch64x86_64v3.23
  2. xz-dev

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source xz

    5.8.3-r0

    Library and CLI tools for XZ and LZMA compressed files (development files)

    aarch64x86_64v3.23
  3. xz-doc

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source xz

    5.8.3-r0

    Library and CLI tools for XZ and LZMA compressed files (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.23
  4. xz-libs

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source xz

    5.8.3-r0

    Library and CLI tools for XZ and LZMA compressed files (libraries)

    aarch64x86_64v3.23
  5. xz-static

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source xz

    5.8.3-r0

    Library and CLI tools for XZ and LZMA compressed files (static library)

    aarch64x86_64v3.23

Debian 12 (Bookworm)

  1. liblzma5

    Debian 12 (Bookworm) / libs / source xz-utils

    5.4.1-1

    XZ-format compression library

    amd64arm64bookwormbookworm-security
  2. liblzma-dev

    Debian 12 (Bookworm) / libdevel / source xz-utils

    5.4.1-1

    XZ-format compression library - development files

    amd64arm64bookwormbookworm-security
  3. liblzma-doc

    Debian 12 (Bookworm) / doc / source xz-utils

    5.4.1-1

    XZ-format compression library - API documentation

    allbookwormbookworm-security
  4. xzdec

    Debian 12 (Bookworm) / utils / source xz-utils

    5.4.1-1

    XZ-format compression utilities - tiny decompressors

    amd64arm64bookwormbookworm-security
  5. xz-utils

    Debian 12 (Bookworm) / utils

    5.4.1-1

    XZ-format compression utilities

    amd64arm64bookwormbookworm-security

Debian 13 (Trixie)

  1. liblzma5

    Debian 13 (Trixie) / libs / source xz-utils

    5.8.1-1+deb13u1

    XZ-format compression library

    amd64arm64trixie
  2. liblzma-dev

    Debian 13 (Trixie) / libdevel / source xz-utils

    5.8.1-1+deb13u1

    XZ-format compression library - development files

    amd64arm64trixie
  3. liblzma-doc

    Debian 13 (Trixie) / doc / source xz-utils

    5.8.1-1+deb13u1

    XZ-format compression library - API documentation

    alltrixie
  4. xzdec

    Debian 13 (Trixie) / utils / source xz-utils

    5.8.1-1+deb13u1

    XZ-format compression utilities - tiny decompressors

    amd64arm64trixie
  5. xz-utils

    Debian 13 (Trixie) / utils

    5.8.1-1+deb13u1

    XZ-format compression utilities

    amd64arm64trixie

Fedora 43

  1. xz

    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source xz

    1:5.8.1-4.fc43

    LZMA compression utilities

    aarch64x86_6443
  2. xz-devel

    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source xz

    1:5.8.1-4.fc43

    Devel libraries & headers for liblzma

    aarch64i686x86_6443
  3. xz-libs

    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source xz

    1:5.8.1-4.fc43

    Libraries for decoding LZMA compression

    aarch64i686x86_6443
  4. xz-lzma-compat

    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source xz

    1:5.8.1-4.fc43

    Older LZMA format compatibility binaries

    aarch64x86_6443
  5. xz-static

    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source xz

    1:5.8.1-4.fc43

    Statically linked library for decoding LZMA compression

    aarch64i686x86_6443

Fedora 44

  1. xz

    Fedora 44 / Unspecified / source xz

    1:5.8.2-2.fc44

    LZMA compression utilities

    aarch64x86_6444
  2. xz-devel

    Fedora 44 / Unspecified / source xz

    1:5.8.2-2.fc44

    Devel libraries & headers for liblzma

    aarch64i686x86_6444
  3. xz-libs

    Fedora 44 / Unspecified / source xz

    1:5.8.2-2.fc44

    Libraries for decoding LZMA compression

    aarch64i686x86_6444
  4. xz-lzma-compat

    Fedora 44 / Unspecified / source xz

    1:5.8.2-2.fc44

    Older LZMA format compatibility binaries

    aarch64x86_6444
  5. xz-static

    Fedora 44 / Unspecified / source xz

    1:5.8.2-2.fc44

    Statically linked library for decoding LZMA compression

    aarch64i686x86_6444

openSUSE Leap 15.6

  1. liblzma5

    openSUSE Leap 15.6 / System/Libraries / source xz

    5.4.1-150600.1.2

    Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm compression library

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-15.6
  2. liblzma5-32bit

    openSUSE Leap 15.6 / System/Libraries / source xz

    5.4.1-150600.1.2

    Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm compression library

    x86_64leap-15.6
  3. xz

    openSUSE Leap 15.6 / Productivity/Archiving/Compression / source xz

    5.4.1-150600.1.2

    A Program for Compressing Files with the Lempel–Ziv–Markov algorithm

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-15.6
  4. xz-devel

    openSUSE Leap 15.6 / Development/Libraries/C and C++ / source xz

    5.4.1-150600.1.2

    Development package for the LZMA library

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-15.6
  5. xz-devel-32bit

    openSUSE Leap 15.6 / Development/Libraries/C and C++ / source xz

    5.4.1-150600.1.2

    Development package for the LZMA library

    x86_64leap-15.6
  6. xz-lang

    openSUSE Leap 15.6 / System/Localization / source xz

    5.4.1-150600.1.2

    Translations for package xz

    noarchleap-15.6
  7. xz-static-devel

    openSUSE Leap 15.6 / Development/Libraries/C and C++ / source xz

    5.4.1-150600.1.2

    Static version of LZMA library

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-15.6

openSUSE Leap 16.0

  1. liblzma5

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / System/Libraries / source xz

    5.8.1-160000.3.1

    Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm compression library

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0
  2. liblzma5-32bit

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / System/Libraries / source xz

    5.8.1-160000.3.1

    Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm compression library

    x86_64leap-16.0
  3. liblzma5-x86-64-v3

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / System/Libraries / source xz

    5.8.1-160000.3.1

    Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm compression library

    x86_64leap-16.0
  4. xz

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / Productivity/Archiving/Compression / source xz

    5.8.1-160000.2.2

    A Program for Compressing Files with the Lempel–Ziv–Markov algorithm

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0
  5. xz-devel

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / Development/Libraries/C and C++ / source xz

    5.8.1-160000.2.2

    Development package for the LZMA library

    aarch64ppc64les390xx86_64leap-16.0
  6. xz-devel-32bit

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / Development/Libraries/C and C++ / source xz

    5.8.1-160000.3.1

    Development package for the LZMA library

    x86_64leap-16.0
  7. xz-lang

    openSUSE Leap 16.0 / System/Localization / source xz

    5.8.1-160000.3.1

    Translations for package xz

    noarchleap-16.0

openSUSE Tumbleweed

  1. liblzma5

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / System/Libraries / source xz

    5.8.3-1.4

    Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm compression library

    x86_64tumbleweed
  2. liblzma5-32bit

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / System/Libraries / source xz

    5.8.3-1.4

    Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm compression library

    x86_64tumbleweed
  3. liblzma5-x86-64-v3

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / System/Libraries / source xz

    5.8.3-1.4

    Lempel–Ziv–Markov chain algorithm compression library

    x86_64tumbleweed
  4. xz

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / Productivity/Archiving/Compression / source xz

    5.8.3-1.4

    A Program for Compressing Files with the Lempel–Ziv–Markov algorithm

    x86_64tumbleweed
  5. xz-devel

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / Development/Libraries/C and C++ / source xz

    5.8.3-1.4

    Development package for the LZMA library

    x86_64tumbleweed
  6. xz-devel-32bit

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / Development/Libraries/C and C++ / source xz

    5.8.3-1.4

    Development package for the LZMA library

    x86_64tumbleweed
  7. xz-lang

    openSUSE Tumbleweed / System/Localization / source xz

    5.8.3-1.4

    Translations for package xz

    noarchtumbleweed

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