Information about the package, gzip, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gzip package is designed for, The GNU data compression program.
Package Name:
gzip
Summary:
The GNU data compression program
URL:
Description:
The gzip package contains the popular GNU gzip data compression program. Gzipped files have a .gz extension. Gzip should be installed on your system, because it is a very commonly used data compression program.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.3.12
Release:
24.el6
Size:
221 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv2+ and GFDL
Control the gzip package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gzip
This command will install gzip on the server.
yum remove gzip
This command will un-install gzip on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gzip, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gzip
This command will un-install gzip 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 gzip when using the -y flag.
yum update gzip
This command will update gzip to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gzip, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gzip
This command will update gzip 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 gzip when using the -y flag.
yum info gzip
This command will show you core information about the gzip package.
yum deplist gzip
This command will show you the dependencies for gzip. 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 gzip
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gzip. 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.