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====**GNU Gzip**====
~[[gnu]] utility for data compression.

==Installation==
~[[http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/ source code]]}

==Commands==
~verify installed version via the command-line interface: %%gzip --version%%

==Dependencies==
~+[[bzip2]],+[[grep]],+[[tar]]

==Compilation==
~-%%./configure CFLAGS="-mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" --prefix=/ --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --host=i686-pc-linux-gnu%%

==Also on the Wiki==
~[[software]]

==Related Webpages==
~[[http://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/ gzip homepage]]
~[[http://www.t2-project.org/packages/gzip.html gzip t2-project.org]]

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==Categories==
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