Information about the package, cpanel-pigz, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The cpanel-pigz package is designed for, Parallel implementation of gzip.
Package Name:
cpanel-pigz
Summary:
Parallel implementation of gzip
Description:
pigz, which stands for parallel implementation of gzip, is a fully functional replacement for gzip that exploits multiple processors and multiple cores to the hilt when compressing data.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.4
Release:
1.cp1168
Size:
253 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
Licence:
zlib
Control the cpanel-pigz package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install cpanel-pigz
This command will install cpanel-pigz on the server.
yum remove cpanel-pigz
This command will un-install cpanel-pigz on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cpanel-pigz, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove cpanel-pigz
This command will un-install cpanel-pigz 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 cpanel-pigz when using the -y flag.
yum update cpanel-pigz
This command will update cpanel-pigz to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cpanel-pigz, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update cpanel-pigz
This command will update cpanel-pigz 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 cpanel-pigz when using the -y flag.
yum info cpanel-pigz
This command will show you core information about the cpanel-pigz package.
yum deplist cpanel-pigz
This command will show you the dependencies for cpanel-pigz. 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 cpanel-pigz
This command will check if there is an update waiting on cpanel-pigz. 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.