How To Install zstd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install zstd.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. zstd.x86_64 is Zstd compression library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zstd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `zstd.x86_64`

Zstd, short for Zstandard, is a fast lossless compression algorithm, targeting real-time compression scenarios at zlib-level compression ratio.

We can use yum to install zstd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install zstd.x86_64.

Install zstd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install zstd.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install zstd.x86_64

How To Uninstall zstd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the zstd.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove zstd.x86_64

zstd.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/pzstd
/usr/bin/unzstd
/usr/bin/zstd
/usr/bin/zstdcat
/usr/bin/zstdgrep
/usr/bin/zstdless
/usr/bin/zstdmt
/usr/share/doc/zstd-1.5.2
/usr/share/doc/zstd-1.5.2/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/zstd-1.5.2/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/zstd-1.5.2
/usr/share/licenses/zstd-1.5.2/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/zstd-1.5.2/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/pzstd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unzstd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zstd.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zstdcat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zstdgrep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zstdless.1.gz

References

zstd.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zstd.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.