Information about the package, ncompress, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ncompress package is designed for, Fast compression and decompression utilities.
Package Name:
ncompress
Summary:
Fast compression and decompression utilities
Description:
The ncompress package contains the compress and uncompress file compression and decompression utilities, which are compatible with the original UNIX compress utility (.Z file extensions). These utilities can't handle gzipped (.gz file extensions) files, but gzip can handle compressed files. Install ncompress if you need compression/decompression utilities which are compatible with the original UNIX compress utility.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.2.4
Release:
54.el6_2.1
Size:
24 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
Public Domain
Control the ncompress package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ncompress
This command will install ncompress on the server.
yum remove ncompress
This command will un-install ncompress on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ncompress, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ncompress
This command will un-install ncompress 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 ncompress when using the -y flag.
yum update ncompress
This command will update ncompress to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ncompress, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ncompress
This command will update ncompress 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 ncompress when using the -y flag.
yum info ncompress
This command will show you core information about the ncompress package.
yum deplist ncompress
This command will show you the dependencies for ncompress. 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 ncompress
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ncompress. 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.