zlib

Package Name:

zlib

Summary:

The zlib compression and decompression library

URL:

http://www.gzip.org/zlib/

Description:

Zlib is a general-purpose, patent-free, lossless data compression library which is used by many different programs.

Architecture:

i686

Version:

1.2.3

Release:

29.el6

Size:

73 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

zlib and Boost

Command

Description of Command

yum install zlib

This command will install zlib on the server.

yum remove zlib

This command will un-install zlib on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove zlib, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove zlib

This command will un-install zlib 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 zlib when using the -y flag.

yum update zlib

This command will update zlib to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove zlib, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update zlib

This command will update zlib 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 zlib when using the -y flag.

yum info zlib

This command will show you core information about the zlib package.

yum deplist zlib

This command will show you the dependencies for zlib. 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 zlib

This command will check if there is an update waiting on zlib. 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.

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