I'm currently trying to figure out the contents of an anaconda package called XZ.
From my understanding, the package provides binding for XZ Utils (data compression tool).
I'm trying to figure out the components of XZ Utils that exist within the package, whether it only has the liblzma library, or it also has the command-line tools and shell scripts. Can anybody help me with this?
Thank you very much for taking your time :)
I tried looking at the XZ package json file from the conda-meta folder of the environment. I believe that the conda-meta folder holds meta data for each package installed.
The contents of the json file is as below.
{
"build": "h62dcd97_0",
"build_number": 0,
"channel": "https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/win-64",
"constrains": [],
"depends": [
"vc >=14.1,<15.0a0",
"vs2015_runtime >=14.16.27012,<15.0a0"
],
"extracted_package_dir": "C:\\Users\\PC-2001-044\\anaconda3\\pkgs\\xz-5.2.5-h62dcd97_0",
"features": "",
"files": [
"Library/bin/liblzma.dll",
"Library/bin/lzmainfo.exe",
"Library/bin/unxz.exe",
"Library/bin/xz.exe",
"Library/bin/xz_static.exe",
"Library/include/lzma.h",
"Library/include/lzma/base.h",
"Library/include/lzma/bcj.h",
"Library/include/lzma/block.h",
"Library/include/lzma/check.h",
"Library/include/lzma/container.h",
"Library/include/lzma/delta.h",
"Library/include/lzma/filter.h",
"Library/include/lzma/hardware.h",
"Library/include/lzma/index.h",
"Library/include/lzma/index_hash.h",
"Library/include/lzma/lzma12.h",
"Library/include/lzma/stream_flags.h",
"Library/include/lzma/version.h",
"Library/include/lzma/vli.h",
"Library/lib/liblzma.lib",
"Library/lib/liblzma_static.lib"
],
"fn": "xz-5.2.5-h62dcd97_0.conda",
"legacy_bz2_md5": "396bea25a71fe01ac1b4e06805fc9c21",
"license": "LGPL-2.1 and GPL-2.0",
"link": {
"source": "C:\\Users\\PC-2001-044\\anaconda3\\pkgs\\xz-5.2.5-h62dcd97_0",
"type": 1
},
"md5": "31fb0218c036a3afd2e0fa7f5081606d",
"name": "xz",
"package_tarball_full_path": "C:\\Users\\PC-2001-044\\anaconda3\\pkgs\\xz-5.2.5-h62dcd97_0",
"paths_data": {
"paths": [
{
"_path": "Library/bin/liblzma.dll",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "fe7f795dbcd8a5e697abac01f3ce1f9a97fc9eab363adf60cb150bfc24b64c22",
"sha256_in_prefix": "fe7f795dbcd8a5e697abac01f3ce1f9a97fc9eab363adf60cb150bfc24b64c22",
"size_in_bytes": 154624
},
{
"_path": "Library/bin/lzmainfo.exe",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "1349ca1374597fe134101747ebb9c9474ed836ff858a5ac0a0e0d076253f9b9a",
"sha256_in_prefix": "1349ca1374597fe134101747ebb9c9474ed836ff858a5ac0a0e0d076253f9b9a",
"size_in_bytes": 18944
},
{
"_path": "Library/bin/unxz.exe",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "9b3240728b422d4b9e0303d071613533b108ed3b15b1353a48aaacc671544806",
"sha256_in_prefix": "9b3240728b422d4b9e0303d071613533b108ed3b15b1353a48aaacc671544806",
"size_in_bytes": 20480
},
{
"_path": "Library/bin/xz.exe",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "ec1a951bfd1bed6f8cd54a708eaf2680dd9141beaf70e603205ca155b9e91f72",
"sha256_in_prefix": "ec1a951bfd1bed6f8cd54a708eaf2680dd9141beaf70e603205ca155b9e91f72",
"size_in_bytes": 66560
},
{
"_path": "Library/bin/xz_static.exe",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "751edc488e54990ef1b616aa13c6763db72e8675ef5f90a084bb39dd9bdeeb7c",
"sha256_in_prefix": "751edc488e54990ef1b616aa13c6763db72e8675ef5f90a084bb39dd9bdeeb7c",
"size_in_bytes": 195072
},
{
"_path": "Library/include/lzma.h",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "322a2137797ba67d4381dd2ebc045bf0280ac052b504e83c20464ce3f33ff355",
"sha256_in_prefix": "322a2137797ba67d4381dd2ebc045bf0280ac052b504e83c20464ce3f33ff355",
"size_in_bytes": 9866
},
{
"_path": "Library/include/lzma/base.h",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "b49a0688b71b84bce13e80af2a505bbc98f24f04302ceb6a6c5b8d6840a5a971",
"sha256_in_prefix": "b49a0688b71b84bce13e80af2a505bbc98f24f04302ceb6a6c5b8d6840a5a971",
"size_in_bytes": 24858
},
{
"_path": "Library/include/lzma/bcj.h",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "485ee1ac185747b6e5324094aa462af194ba3a22a0206314e25f70423045e43d",
"sha256_in_prefix": "485ee1ac185747b6e5324094aa462af194ba3a22a0206314e25f70423045e43d",
"size_in_bytes": 2630
},
{
"_path": "Library/include/lzma/block.h",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "6f6935c23c5e34bd0ff9e31998b130f48e54f4794858c0a79cd3dfb8197e660c",
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"size_in_bytes": 22107
},
{
"_path": "Library/include/lzma/check.h",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "79ef75b06fe389ccbc47ebeea1bb704157a58fe9710ddfbac8a62035359f9ae1",
"sha256_in_prefix": "79ef75b06fe389ccbc47ebeea1bb704157a58fe9710ddfbac8a62035359f9ae1",
"size_in_bytes": 4255
},
{
"_path": "Library/include/lzma/container.h",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "13fbba65515bed9d108e97cba3227604291545290fec3f11d9f5babcc6811404",
"sha256_in_prefix": "13fbba65515bed9d108e97cba3227604291545290fec3f11d9f5babcc6811404",
"size_in_bytes": 24844
},
{
"_path": "Library/include/lzma/delta.h",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "db9db049ab07363921bf19320174afbab16a1b4d401f797a5b2232dcb89b9d64",
"sha256_in_prefix": "db9db049ab07363921bf19320174afbab16a1b4d401f797a5b2232dcb89b9d64",
"size_in_bytes": 1865
},
{
"_path": "Library/include/lzma/filter.h",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "0c30f1e1271e4bd06e07934b31b76edddbb7d8616e2b8043b36771ade8eb294b",
"sha256_in_prefix": "0c30f1e1271e4bd06e07934b31b76edddbb7d8616e2b8043b36771ade8eb294b",
"size_in_bytes": 16520
},
{
"_path": "Library/include/lzma/hardware.h",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "7c9c7fdd29650a730e59281ea38e3826d94b518fa7e23573b9303ac8f3421083",
"sha256_in_prefix": "7c9c7fdd29650a730e59281ea38e3826d94b518fa7e23573b9303ac8f3421083",
"size_in_bytes": 2604
},
{
"_path": "Library/include/lzma/index.h",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "9eb7451f4d8de7d51a17585b7a86c3b4eb02d00d7e7fc1c390255e34231f3516",
"sha256_in_prefix": "9eb7451f4d8de7d51a17585b7a86c3b4eb02d00d7e7fc1c390255e34231f3516",
"size_in_bytes": 23491
},
{
"_path": "Library/include/lzma/index_hash.h",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "0840c2ae8dedc05a7ffe1597ead131532a8dc03521728d1d38e55da0fa769831",
"sha256_in_prefix": "0840c2ae8dedc05a7ffe1597ead131532a8dc03521728d1d38e55da0fa769831",
"size_in_bytes": 3914
},
{
"_path": "Library/include/lzma/lzma12.h",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "caf8948b9306d508026cc3bbadea579eb8e75a24c444fdbe9986a4cc01a7b362",
"sha256_in_prefix": "caf8948b9306d508026cc3bbadea579eb8e75a24c444fdbe9986a4cc01a7b362",
"size_in_bytes": 14744
},
{
"_path": "Library/include/lzma/stream_flags.h",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "beba70fa9d83dc6a7fcfae9b1f8d07b3b5acbbdc789f008e63da4206e2434acc",
"sha256_in_prefix": "beba70fa9d83dc6a7fcfae9b1f8d07b3b5acbbdc789f008e63da4206e2434acc",
"size_in_bytes": 8253
},
{
"_path": "Library/include/lzma/version.h",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "a334c2e4d0f31e023f78e8582823166e342dfe3f661e28e0c549277aa2843592",
"sha256_in_prefix": "a334c2e4d0f31e023f78e8582823166e342dfe3f661e28e0c549277aa2843592",
"size_in_bytes": 3497
},
{
"_path": "Library/include/lzma/vli.h",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "501ba06a4c33a45d83d830975643bdb646936e9e47fd07124c843453cf9a8776",
"sha256_in_prefix": "501ba06a4c33a45d83d830975643bdb646936e9e47fd07124c843453cf9a8776",
"size_in_bytes": 6546
},
{
"_path": "Library/lib/liblzma.lib",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "95089afbc9770811fb9e937a1fd2f66c6215b26904c68adaad0ec382a02b193f",
"sha256_in_prefix": "95089afbc9770811fb9e937a1fd2f66c6215b26904c68adaad0ec382a02b193f",
"size_in_bytes": 23762
},
{
"_path": "Library/lib/liblzma_static.lib",
"path_type": "hardlink",
"sha256": "bafec57c200c828af0483b419e6b2a9ba5e86647fc6db21404c3d6039f7f3824",
"sha256_in_prefix": "bafec57c200c828af0483b419e6b2a9ba5e86647fc6db21404c3d6039f7f3824",
"size_in_bytes": 448374
}
],
"paths_version": 1
},
"requested_spec": "None",
"sha256": "09283b85fe4fe6621830bbcc668808fbd92930c9e5ee650509524b24ccdee477",
"size": 249708,
"subdir": "win-64",
"timestamp": 1587011860942,
"track_features": "",
"url": "https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/win-64/xz-5.2.5-h62dcd97_0.conda",
"version": "5.2.5"
}
From the "files" section, I believe it tells what files the package provides. It does state that it has the liblzma library. It also shows "xz.exe", which I assume might be the command-line tool, but I couldn't guarantee it.
For context, I'm actually trying to avoid using gpl licensed software. From the documentation, it states that different licenses are applied to different parts of xz utils. After researching a little bit, python actually already has a buildin binding to liblzma, so I was kinda wondering what does this package provides.
I found an issue on XZ conda-forge package's repo that corresponds to my question.
I posted more on this on my question on the open source stack exchange.
In short, the component of "scripts to grep, diff and view compressed file" does not exists in the package.
The question still remains for the command-line components, however.