A Shell Script To Install Parallel Compression Tools On Debian-based Systems And Replace The Default Single-Threaded Tools.

parallelize-compression.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# A Shell Script To Install Parallel Compression Tools On Debian-based Systems And Replace The Default Single-Threaded Tools.
# Diab Neiroukh - 23/Feb/2020 (Licensed under The Unlicense)

sudo apt install lbzip2 pigz lunzip
pushd /usr/local/bin || exit
	sudo ln -s /usr/bin/lbzip2 bzip2
	sudo ln -s /usr/bin/lbzip2 bunzip2
	sudo ln -s /usr/bin/lbzip2 bzcat
	sudo ln -s /usr/bin/pigz gzip
	sudo ln -s /usr/bin/pigz gunzip
	sudo ln -s /usr/bin/pigz gzcat
	sudo ln -s /usr/bin/pigz zcat
	sudo ln -s /usr/bin/plzip lzip
	sudo ln -s /usr/bin/plzip lunzip
	sudo ln -s /usr/bin/plzip lzcat
popd || exit