Pixz (pronounced 'pixie') is a parallel, indexing version of XZ
The existing XZ Utils provide great compression in the .xz file format, but they have two significant problems:
* They are single-threaded, while most users now have multi-core computers.
* The .xz files they produce are just one big block of compressed data, rather than a collection of smaller blocks. This makes random access to the original data impossible.
With pixz, both these problems are solved.
The existing XZ Utils provide great compression in the .xz file format, but they have two significant problems:
* They are single-threaded, while most users now have multi-core computers.
* The .xz files they produce are just one big block of compressed data, rather than a collection of smaller blocks. This makes random access to the original data impossible.
With pixz, both these problems are solved.
To install pixz, run the following command in macOS terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal)
sudo port install pixz
To see what files were installed by pixz, run:
port contents pixz
To later upgrade pixz, run:
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade pixz
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