How to decode a .lzo_deflat file?

Question

Does anyone have either a command line library or a python library that can decode a .lzo_deflate file? These file formats are used, for example, by Hadoop.

Answer 1

Google for Python LZO and check your linux distribution for lzop :

Many Linux distributions (e.g. Debian, Ubuntu) will have the following:

 liblzo2-2 - data compression library liblzo2-dev - data compression library (development files) lzop - fast compression program python-lzo - Python bindings for the LZO data compression library 

Answer 2

For Windows users:

• Python Expansion Packs for Windows - Christoph Golke: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#python-lzo