Information about the package, lzip, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The lzip package is designed for, LZMA compressor with integrity checking.
Package Name:
lzip
Summary:
LZMA compressor with integrity checking
Description:
Lzip compresses data using LZMA (Lempel-Ziv-Markov chain-Algorithm). It supports integrity checking using CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check). To archive multiple files, tar can be used with lzip. Please note, that the lzip file format (.lz) is not compatible with the lzma file format (.lzma).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.7
Release:
2.el6
Size:
64 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the lzip package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install lzip
This command will install lzip on the server.
yum remove lzip
This command will un-install lzip on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lzip, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove lzip
This command will un-install lzip 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 lzip when using the -y flag.
yum update lzip
This command will update lzip to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lzip, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update lzip
This command will update lzip 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 lzip when using the -y flag.
yum info lzip
This command will show you core information about the lzip package.
yum deplist lzip
This command will show you the dependencies for lzip. 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 lzip
This command will check if there is an update waiting on lzip. 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.