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ghc-tar


Information about the package, ghc-tar, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ghc-tar package is designed for, Reading, writing and manipulating tar archive files.


Package Name:

ghc-tar

Summary:

Reading, writing and manipulating tar archive files

Description:

This library is for working with ".tar" archive files. It can read and write a range of common variations of archive format including V7, USTAR, POSIX and GNU formats. It provides support for packing and unpacking portable archives. This makes it suitable for distribution but not backup because details like file ownership and exact permissions are not preserved.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.3.2.0

Release:

1.el6

Size:

37 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for ghc-tar


Control the ghc-tar package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install ghc-tar

This command will install ghc-tar on the server.

yum remove ghc-tar

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

yum -y remove ghc-tar

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

yum update ghc-tar

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

yum -y update ghc-tar

This command will update ghc-tar 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 ghc-tar when using the -y flag.

yum info ghc-tar

This command will show you core information about the ghc-tar package.

yum deplist ghc-tar

This command will show you the dependencies for ghc-tar. 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 ghc-tar

This command will check if there is an update waiting on ghc-tar. 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.