ppmd-cffi 0.3.3

PPMd compression/decompression library

PPM(Prediction by partial matching) is a compression algorithm which has several variations of implementations. PPMd is the implementation by Dmitry Shkarin. It is used in the RAR and by 7-Zip as one of several possible methods.

ppmd, aka. ppmd-cffi, is a python bindings with PPMd implementation by C language. The C codes are derived from p7zip, portable 7-zip implementation. ppmd-cffi support PPMd ver.H and PPMd ver.I.

Development status

A development status is considered as Beta state.

Manuals

You can find a manual at the readthedocs

Installation

As usual, you can install ppmd-cffi using python standard pip command. CAUTION: Since it is a bindings with C source code, C compiler should be installed on your operating system.

pip install ppmd-cffi

All C extension sources are bundled with ppmd-cffi source package, and release provides binary wheels for Windows 64-bit, MacOS X, and Linux.

Command

ppmd-cffi provide small utility compress/decompress files.

$ ppmd target.txt
$ ppmd -x target.txt.ppmd

License

• Copyright (C) 2020 Hiroshi Miura

• 7-Zip Copyright (C) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov

• LZMA SDK Copyright (C) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA