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Package: pigz (2.1.5-1) [universe]

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Please consider filing a bug or asking a question via Launchpad before contacting the maintainer directly.

Original Maintainer (usually from Debian):

  • Eduard Bloch

It should generally not be necessary for users to contact the original maintainer.

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Parallel Implementation of GZip

pigz, which stands for Parallel Implementation of GZip, is a fully functional replacement for gzip that takes advantage of multiple processors and multiple cores when compressing data.

Other Packages Related to pigz

  • depends
  • recommends
  • suggests
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.4)
    Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
  • dep: zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0)
    compression library - runtime

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