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title: Install lz4 on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of lz4 for Linux - Extremely Fast Compression
  algorithm
url: https://snapcraft.io/lz4
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# lz4

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latest/stable 1.9.4

Install latest/stable of lz4

This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install lz4
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* lz4

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### License

* BSD-2-Clause OR GPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0+

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### Last updated

* 12 February 2023 - latest/stable
* 12 February 2023 - latest/candidate

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [github.com/lz4/lz4](https://github.com/lz4/lz4 "https://github.com/lz4/lz4")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/lz4#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/lz4#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/lz4#tab-security)

#### Extremely Fast Compression algorithm

LZ4 is lossless compression algorithm, providing compression speed > 500 MB/s per core, scalable with multi-cores CPU. It features an extremely fast decoder, with speed in multiple GB/s per core, typically reaching RAM speed limits on multi-core systems. . Speed can be tuned dynamically, selecting an "acceleration" factor which trades compression ratio for faster speed. On the other end, a high compression derivative, LZ4\_HC, is also provided, trading CPU time for improved compression ratio. All versions feature the same decompression speed. . LZ4 is also compatible with dictionary compression, and can ingest any input file as dictionary, including those created by Zstandard Dictionary Builder. (note: only the final 64KB are used). . LZ4 library is provided as open-source software using BSD 2-Clause license.

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## Install lz4 on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/lz4/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/lz4/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/lz4/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/lz4/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/lz4/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/lz4/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/lz4/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/lz4/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/lz4/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/lz4/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/lz4/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/lz4/ubuntu)