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Package: bzip2 (1.0.5-1)

high-quality block-sorting file compressor - utilities

bzip2 is a freely available, patent free, high-quality data compressor. It typically compresses files to within 10% to 15% of the best available techniques, whilst being around twice as fast at compression and six times faster at decompression.

bzip2 compresses files using the Burrows-Wheeler block-sorting text compression algorithm, and Huffman coding. Compression is generally considerably better than that achieved by more conventional LZ77/LZ78-based compressors, and approaches the performance of the PPM family of statistical compressors.

The archive file format of bzip2 (.bz2) is incompatible with that of its predecessor, bzip (.bz).

Tags: Implemented in: C, User Interface: Command Line, Role: Program, Scope: Utility, Purpose: Compressing, Works with: Archive, Files

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  • dep: libbz2-1.0 (= 1.0.5-1)
    high-quality block-sorting file compressor library - runtime
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) [not alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.7-1) [alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • sug: bzip2-doc
    high-quality block-sorting file compressor - documentation

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Architecture Package Size Installed Size Files
alpha 48.3 kB164 kB [list of files]
amd64 46.5 kB132 kB [list of files]
arm 45.7 kB152 kB [list of files]
armel 46.6 kB152 kB [list of files]
hppa 48.0 kB160 kB [list of files]
i386 44.5 kB124 kB [list of files]
ia64 54.0 kB196 kB [list of files]
mips 47.2 kB164 kB [list of files]
mipsel 46.6 kB164 kB [list of files]
powerpc 48.9 kB164 kB [list of files]
s390 47.0 kB160 kB [list of files]
sparc 45.5 kB156 kB [list of files]