# Install lziprecover with Homebrew, apt, dnf, Nix, zypper Data recovery tool and decompressor for files in the lzip compressed data format. Version 1.26 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-29. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install lziprecover. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:lziprecover ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install lziprecover ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install lziprecover ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: lziprecover from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install lziprecover ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lziprecover 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#lziprecover ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lz/lziprecover/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install lziprecover ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: lziprecover from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:lziprecover - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 1.26 - **Source summary:** Data recovery tool and decompressor for files in the lzip compressed data format - **Homepage:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-29T19:24:45-04:00 - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - lziprecover (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 1.26 ## Project history and usage Lziprecover is the recovery and decompression companion for the lzip compressed data format. Its official manual describes a tool that can repair slightly damaged .lz files, merge good parts from multiple damaged copies, extract data from damaged files, test integrity, and generate Forward Error Correction files. ### Project history Lziprecover exists because lzip's format was deliberately designed with recovery in mind: simple members, CRC-protected original data, member sizes, and LZMA stream constraints make corruption easier to locate and reason about. The recovery tool turns those format choices into user-visible operations. The official release indexes show lziprecover distributed as part of the lzip family by at least 2012, with a dedicated lziprecover release directory starting at 1.15 in 2013 and continuing through 1.26 in 2026. Over time the tool became the practical proof point for lzip's long-term-archiving claims. ### Adoption history Lziprecover is narrower than lzip itself, but package managers include it because a recovery story is part of why some users choose .lz archives. The input package facts show packages in Homebrew, Debian/Ubuntu, Fedora, Nix, and openSUSE-style ecosystems. It is most likely to be installed by users handling backups, source archives, damaged media, or archival workflows where a regular decompressor is not enough. ### How it is used Typical uses include testing .lz files, decompressing damaged archives as far as possible, repairing a one-byte error in a member, merging two or more damaged copies into a correct file, and extracting tar members from a damaged tar.lz stream. The official page gives the common tar pipeline pattern with lziprecover writing decompressed data to stdout and tar reading it from stdin. ### Why package nerds care Lziprecover is a small but unusually package-nerdy tool because it validates the package format's social promise: compressed source and backup archives should be inspectable and salvageable years later. It is not just a decompressor; it is part of the lzip ecosystem's argument for safe long-term distribution. For maintainers, it is the sort of leaf utility that looks optional until a damaged source archive or backup turns it into the only tool that matters. ### Timeline - 2012: lziprecover releases are present in the Savannah old-release index. - 2013: lziprecover 1.15 appears in the dedicated Savannah release directory. - 2026: lziprecover 1.26 is published in the official release directory. ### Related projects - lzip creates the .lz format that lziprecover repairs. - GNU ddrescue is recommended by the lziprecover manual as a complementary tool when corruption comes from damaged media. - plzip, clzip, pdlzip, lzlib, and lunzip are sibling tools in the lzip family. ### Sources - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. - **Geiger risk:** blue / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - lziprecover - 1.25-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: lziprecover from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm (recovery) | http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lziprecover.html - Nix - lziprecover: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/lz/lziprecover/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - lziprecover - 1.24-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: lziprecover from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | lossless data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm (recovery) | http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lziprecover.html - dnf - lziprecover - 1.26-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: lziprecover from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Data recovery tool and decompressor for files in the lzip compressed format | https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lziprecover.html - zypper - lziprecover - 1.25-2.6: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: lziprecover from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Utility to repair broken lzip files | http://www.nongnu.org/lzip/lunzip.html ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/lziprecover.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/lziprecover.yml) ## Sources - 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