Ho to setup and use the LZMA compression algorithm SDK

Question

Making some research on the net, I found that one of the most recent, optimized and high-performance algorithms for data compression, especially in term of compression ratio and decompression time is the LZMA Algorithm. It's supported in many popular software like WinRAR, WinZip, and 7-Zip (By default).

I have found the LZMA SDK here http://www.7-zip.org/sdk.html But i haven't found a way to install it in windows or to use the source code provided (examples).

For example : In DOC ==> 7cC.txt : there are some test applications called 7zMain.c but there is no such file in sdk folder ... But also the command 7z.exe or 7z in cmd won't work !!!

Note : i have installed the latest version of 7-zip 15.14

Any suggestions ... thanks

Physoclistous

Answer 1

In the LZMA SDK , i found the file LzmaUtil.slnthat you can run easily in visual studio.

After building the solution you can either add arguments in visual studio or just run it from command line

Usage:  lzma <e|d> inputFile outputFile
  e: encode file
  d: decode file

Physoclistous