How to Install pixz software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install pixz software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

pixz software package provides parallel, indexing XZ compressor/decompressor, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install pixz 

pixz is installed in your system.

Make ensure the pixz package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep pixz *

You will get with pixz package name, version, architecture and description in a table

pixz package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Utilities
Package pixz
Version 1.0.2-2
Description parallel, indexing XZ compressor/decompressor
Sub Section Utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove pixz software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?