Introduction

bzip2 is a freely available, patent free, high-quality data compressor. It typically compresses files to within 10% to 15% of the best available techniques (the PPM family of statistical compressors), whilst being around twice as fast at compression and six times faster at decompression.

bzip2 is available using the command:

module load bzip2

• More about bzip2
• More about modules

Available versions:

• 1.0.6-foss-2015b (new from 28-04-2017)
• 1.0.6-intel-2016b (new from 26-04-2017)
• (new from 26-04-2017)