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Install lrzip with Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper

Compression program with a very high compression ratio. Version 0.641 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install lrzip.

Install commandSecurity notes

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Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%
brew install lrzip

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverified · 94%
sudo port install lrzip

MacPorts ports tree · archivers/lrzip/Portfile · source: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverified · 92%
sudo apk add lrzip

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · lrzip · source: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverified · 92%
sudo apt install lrzip

Debian stable package indexes · lrzip · source: deb.debian.org

Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#lrzip

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/lr/lrzip/package.nix · source: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%
sudo pacman -S lrzip

Arch Linux sync databases · lrzip · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverified · 92%
sudo zypper install lrzip

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · lrzip · source: download.opensuse.org

overview

Package summary

Compression program with a very high compression ratio

Commands and aliases

  • lrunzip
  • lrzcat
  • lrzip
  • lrztar
  • lrzuntar

history

Project history and usage

lrzip, short for Long Range ZIP or LZMA RZIP, is a compression utility aimed at high compression ratios on large files.

Project history

The official README says lrzip excels on large files, usually above 10-50 MB, and uses an extended rzip-style long-distance redundancy reduction pass before applying back-end compressors such as LZMA, LZO, bzip2, gzip, LZ4, or ZPAQ.

Con Kolivas' repository was created on GitHub in March 2010. The README authorship notes also record earlier documentation by Peter Hyman in January 2009, a GitHub Markdown rewrite by Haneef Mubarak in September 2013, and a README update by Con Kolivas in February 2021.

The project is a continuation of the rzip idea for systems with more memory and larger files. Its README emphasizes that lrzip tries to use available RAM aggressively to gain compression benefit, which is both its distinctive feature and the reason it is most useful on large modern machines.

Adoption history

The supplied package-manager facts show wide packaging across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, MacPorts, Nix, Arch, Alpine, and openSUSE. That breadth reflects its role as a specialist compressor: not the default archive format for every user, but common enough to be kept available in Unix package collections.

GitHub metadata reports hundreds of stars and dozens of forks, and the README points users to official GitHub releases for stable packaged tarballs.

How it is used

lrzip compresses a single file to `.lrz`; directory workflows typically go through `tar` or the included `lrztar` and `lrzuntar` wrappers. The README documents modes for LZMA, ZPAQ, LZO, and gzip-like semantics via the `lrz` wrapper.

The tool has no documented persistent config or credentials. Tuning is by CLI options such as compression backend, level, thread count, and memory/window behavior.

Why package nerds care

lrzip is a package-manager favorite for compression enthusiasts because it exposes a very different tradeoff curve from gzip, xz, or zstd: it spends memory and CPU to find long-range redundancy in large inputs. That makes it useful in archival experiments, benchmark discussions, and old-school Unix compression collections.

Timeline

  • 2009: Official README notes documentation by Peter Hyman.
  • 2010: GitHub repository created for ckolivas/lrzip.
  • 2013: README mostly rewritten and converted to GitHub Markdown.
  • 2021: README updated by Con Kolivas.
  • 2022: GitHub releases list version 0.651.
  • 2026: Supplied package-manager facts list packaging across major Unix-like distributions.

Related projects

  • lrzip is directly related to rzip, and its README names LZO, LZMA, gzip, bzip2, LZ4, ZPAQ, and tar-wrapper workflows as part of its compression ecosystem.

security posture

Risk level: blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

Risk classifier

blue risk · medium confidence · tool

Why

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

Signals

  • text:compress

Install behavior

  • No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
  • Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
  • Installs with 2 runtime dependencies.
  • Build metadata lists 4 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

CommandKindExposureNote
lrunzipcliglobal executable
lrzcatcliglobal executable
lrzipcliglobal executable
lrztarcliglobal executable
lrzuntarcliglobal executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-25
manager version0.641
manager updated
local dataok
upstreamnot checked
latest detectednot detected

http://lrzip.kolivas.org

  • infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.low confidence
  • infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.http://lrzip.kolivas.orgnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package keybrew:lrzip
Version0.641
Package managerHomebrew
Package manager pagehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/lrzip
Homepagehttp://lrzip.kolivas.org
Repositoryhttps://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip
Upstream docshttps://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip#readme
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later
Source archivehttp://ck.kolivas.org/apps/lrzip/lrzip-0.641.tar.xz
Dependencieslz4, lzo
Build dependenciesautoconf, automake, libtool, pkgconf
Uses from macOSbzip2
Bottleavailable (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnot defined
Servicenone declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namelrzip
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Conflicts With
  • lrzsz
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedyes
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

Debian apt95%

lrzip 0.651-3

compression program with a very high compression ratio

http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/lrzip/README.md

sudo apt install lrzip
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 8 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lrzip
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: lrzip from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

lrzip

nix profile install nixpkgs#lrzip
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lrzip
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lr/lrzip/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

lrzip 0.651-2ubuntu1

compression program with a very high compression ratio

http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/lrzip/README.md

sudo apt install lrzip
  • Section: universe/utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 8 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lrzip
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lrzip from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

lrzip 0.660-r0

compression utility that excels at compressing large files

https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip

sudo apk add lrzip
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: lrzip
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lrzip
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lrzip from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

lrzip-doc 0.660-r0

compression utility that excels at compressing large files (documentation)

https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip

sudo apk add lrzip-doc
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: lrzip
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lrzip
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lrzip-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

lrzip-extra-scripts 0.660-r0

compression utility that excels at compressing large files (bash scripts)

https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip

sudo apk add lrzip-extra-scripts
  • License: GPL-2.0-or-later
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: lrzip
  • 1 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lrzip
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lrzip-extra-scripts from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
pacman95%

lrzip 0.660-1

Multi-threaded compression with rzip/lzma, lzo, and zpaq

https://github.com/ckolivas/lrzip

sudo pacman -S lrzip
  • License: GPL
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • 1 dependencies
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lrzip
Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: lrzip from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz
zypper95%

lrzip 0.651-2.9

Very High Ratio and Speed Compression Designed for Large Files

http://ck.kolivas.org/apps/lrzip/

sudo zypper install lrzip
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: lrzip
  • 9 dependencies
  • 1 provides
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lrzip
openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · download.opensuse.org · openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: lrzip from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

lrzip

sudo port install lrzip
  • normalized package name match
  • Matched by: Lrzip
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: archivers/lrzip/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

Related tools

  • lz4Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • autoconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • automakeBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • libtoolBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

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source trail

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  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
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  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
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  • package version freshness
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