# Install rzip with Homebrew, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, zypper

File compression tool (like gzip or bzip2). Version 2.1 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install rzip.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:rzip
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install rzip
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install rzip
```

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

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install rzip
```

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

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install rzip
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: rzip 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#rzip
```

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install rzip
```

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

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:rzip
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.1
- **Source summary:** File compression tool (like gzip or bzip2)
- **Homepage:** <https://rzip.samba.org/>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- runzip (alias)
- rzip (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 2.1

## 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 - rzip - 2.1-5: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: rzip from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | compression program for large files | https://rzip.samba.org
- Nix - rzip: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/rz/rzip/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - rzip - 2.1-4.1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: rzip from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | compression program for large files | http://rzip.samba.org
- dnf - rzip - 2.1-49.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: rzip from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A large-file compression program | http://rzip.samba.org
- zypper - rzip - 2.1-151.7: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: rzip from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A large-file compression program | https://rzip.samba.org
- MacPorts - rzip: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: archivers/rzip/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Nix - runzip: installed executable or alias match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ru/runzip/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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