# lzfse mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für lzfse in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:lzfse
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install lzfse
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install lzfse
```

  Evidenz: MacPorts ports tree: archivers/lzfse/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add lzfse
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lzfse from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install lzfse
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: lzfse from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install lzfse
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lzfse from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#lzfse
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lz/lzfse/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install lzfse
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: lzfse from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:lzfse
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Apple LZFSE compression library and command-line tool
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/lzfse/lzfse>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/lzfse/lzfse>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- lzfse (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 1.0
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

LZFSE is Apple's Lempel-Ziv plus Finite State Entropy compression algorithm and the name of Apple's portable reference C implementation. The upstream README describes it as the reference compressor introduced in Apple's Compression library with OS X 10.11 and iOS 9, targeting deflate-like compression ratios with higher speed.

### Projektgeschichte

LZFSE entered public developer consciousness through Apple's platform Compression APIs, then gained a cross-platform package identity when Apple published the reference C implementation and a small command-line tool. That made it possible for non-Apple systems and package managers to build and test LZFSE streams without depending on private Apple frameworks.

The project is narrower than LZ4, xz, or zstd: it exists primarily to expose and document Apple's algorithm outside the OS SDK. The repository's contents reflect that role, with a Makefile, Xcode project, encoder and decoder sources, and a single lzfse executable rather than a larger suite of tools.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

Adoption follows two paths. On Apple platforms, LZFSE is recommended through system APIs for cases where Apple wants a balanced speed/ratio codec with good energy behavior. In package managers, lzfse is usually provided as a compatibility tool and library for reading or creating streams outside the Apple SDK environment.

The input package facts show packaging in Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, Alpine, MacPorts, Nix, and openSUSE-style ecosystems, which is broad for a platform-originated codec whose main upstream is a compact reference implementation.

### Wie es verwendet wird

The lzfse command-line tool compresses and decompresses files in LZFSE format. Developers on Apple platforms generally use Compression.framework or related Apple APIs; developers elsewhere use the reference C implementation when they need interoperable LZFSE support.

Its practical niche is Apple-format interoperability and a middle point between very fast compressors such as LZ4 and denser but slower compressors.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

LZFSE matters to package people because it turns a platform codec into a portable build artifact. That helps Linux and macOS package sets process Apple-originated data and gives downstreams a small, BSD-licensed reference implementation rather than reverse-engineered code.

It is also a useful example of modern compression design crossing from OS vendor APIs into normal Unix package repositories.

### Zeitleiste

- 2015: LZFSE is introduced with OS X 10.11 and iOS 9's Compression library.
- 2010s: Apple publishes the reference C implementation and command-line tool on GitHub.
- 2010s-2020s: Distribution packages adopt lzfse as a small compatibility compressor.

### Related projects

- Apple Compression.framework exposes LZFSE and other algorithms through system APIs.
- LZ4 and zlib occupy neighboring speed/ratio tradeoff points.
- Finite State Entropy is the entropy-coding family named in the LZFSE design.

### Quellen

- <https://developer.apple.com/documentation/Compression/Algorithm/lzfse>
- <https://developer.apple.com/documentation/compression/compression_lzfse>
- <https://github.com/lzfse/lzfse>
- source_facts.package-manager


## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** blue / mittel
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - liblzfse-dev - 1.0-1+b3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: liblzfse-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | LZFSE Compression library (development files) | https://github.com/lzfse/lzfse
- Debian apt - liblzfse1 - 1.0-1+b3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: liblzfse1 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | LZFSE Compression library | https://github.com/lzfse/lzfse
- Debian apt - lzfse - 1.0-1+b3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: lzfse from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | LZFSE Compression library (command line tool) | https://github.com/lzfse/lzfse
- Nix - lzfse: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lz/lzfse/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - liblzfse-dev - 1.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liblzfse-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | LZFSE Compression library (development files) | https://github.com/lzfse/lzfse
- Ubuntu apt - liblzfse1 - 1.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: liblzfse1 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | LZFSE Compression library | https://github.com/lzfse/lzfse
- Ubuntu apt - lzfse - 1.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lzfse from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | LZFSE Compression library (command line tool) | https://github.com/lzfse/lzfse
- apk - lzfse - 1.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lzfse from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | lzfse compression library and command line tool | https://github.com/lzfse/lzfse
- apk - lzfse-dev - 1.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: lzfse-dev from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | lzfse compression library and command line tool (development files) | https://github.com/lzfse/lzfse
- dnf - lzfse - 1.0-9.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lzfse from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | LZFSE compression library and command line tool | https://github.com/lzfse/lzfse
- dnf - lzfse-devel - 1.0-9.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lzfse-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development headers and libraries for lzfse | https://github.com/lzfse/lzfse
- dnf - lzfse-libs - 1.0-9.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lzfse-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Shared libraries for lzfse | https://github.com/lzfse/lzfse
- zypper - lzfse - 1.0-3.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: lzfse from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Reference C implementation of the Lempel-Ziv Finite State Entropy compressor | https://github.com/lzfse/lzfse
- zypper - lzfse-devel - 1.0-3.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: lzfse-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Reference C implementation of the Lempel-Ziv Finite State Entropy compressor | https://github.com/lzfse/lzfse
- MacPorts - lzfse: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: archivers/lzfse/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/lzfse.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/lzfse.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
