zstd: Fast, lossless compression algorithm

Contents

  1. Overview of package
  2. Overview of package
    1. General usage
  3. Availability of package by cluster

Overview of package

General information about package
Package: zstd
Description: Fast, lossless compression algorithm
For more information: https://github.com/facebook/zstd
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License: OpenSource (BSD or GPLv2)

General usage information

Zstandard, or zstd for short, is a fast lossless compression algorithm and library targetting real-time compression scenarios.

The zstd and related commands have been added to your PATH.

In case you need to link against this library in your code, the following environmental variables have been defined:

  • \$ZSTD_ROOT has been set to the root of the zstd installation
  • \$ZSTD_LIBDIR points to the directory containing the libraries
  • \$ZSTD_INCDIR points to the directory containing the header files

You will probably wish to use these by adding the following flags to your compilation command (e.g. to CFLAGS in your Makefile):

  • -I\$ZSTD_INCDIR
and the following flags to your link command (e.g. LDFLAGS in your Makefile):
  • -L\$ZSTD_LIBDIR -Wl,-rpath,\$ZSTD_LIBDIR${endlist}

    Available versions of the package zstd, by cluster

    This section lists the available versions of the package zstdon the different clusters.

    Available versions of zstd on the Deepthought2 cluster (RHEL8)

    Available versions of zstd on the Deepthought2 cluster (RHEL8)
    Version Module tags CPU optimized for GPU ready?
    1.4.4 zstd/1.4.4 ivybridge N

    Available versions of zstd on the Juggernaut cluster

    Available versions of zstd on the Juggernaut cluster
    Version Module tags CPU optimized for GPU ready?
    1.4.4 zstd/1.4.4 broadwell N