8.9. Zstd-1.4.9

Zstandard is a real-time compression algorithm, providing high compression ratios. It offers a very wide range of compression / speed trade-offs, while being backed by a very fast decoder.

Approximate build time: 1.1 SBU

Required disk space: 59 MB

8.9.1. Installation of Zstd

Compile the package:

make

To test the results, issue:

make check

Install the package:

make prefix=/usr install

Remove the static library:

rm -v /usr/lib/libzstd.a

8.9.2. Contents of Zstd

Installed programs: zstd, zstdcat (link to zstd), zstdgrep, zstdless, zstdmt (link to zstd), and unzstd (link to zstd)

Installed library: libzstd.so

Short Descriptions

zstd	Compresses or decompresses files using the ZSTD format
zstdgrep	Runs grep on ZSTD compressed files
zstdless	Runs less on ZSTD compressed files
`libzstd`	The library implementing lossless data compression, using the ZSTD algorithm

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