Reduce size of linux executables
February 4 201731 words, ~1 min. read
linux, executables, compress, upx
UPX is a free executables packer tool which can compress the size of the executables to a great extent.
Install
UPX_VERSION=3.92
wget https://github.com/upx/upx/releases/download/v3.92/upx-${UPX_VERSION}-amd64_linux.tar.xz
tar -xJf upx-3.92-amd64_linux.tar.xz
Usage
upx <input-executable> [-o <output-executable>]