Information about the package, libzip, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libzip package is designed for, C library for reading, creating, and modifying zip archives.
Package Name:
libzip
Summary:
C library for reading, creating, and modifying zip archives
Description:
libzip is a C library for reading, creating, and modifying zip archives. Files can be added from data buffers, files, or compressed data copied directly from other zip archives. Changes made without closing the archive can be reverted. The API is documented by man pages.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.9
Release:
3.1.el6
Size:
38 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the libzip package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libzip
This command will install libzip on the server.
yum remove libzip
This command will un-install libzip on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libzip, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libzip
This command will un-install libzip on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libzip when using the -y flag.
yum update libzip
This command will update libzip to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libzip, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libzip
This command will update libzip to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove libzip when using the -y flag.
yum info libzip
This command will show you core information about the libzip package.
yum deplist libzip
This command will show you the dependencies for libzip. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update libzip
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libzip. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.