Information about the package, squashfs-tools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The squashfs-tools package is designed for, Utility for the creation of squashfs filesystems.
Package Name:
squashfs-tools
Summary:
Utility for the creation of squashfs filesystems
Description:
Squashfs is a highly compressed read-only filesystem for Linux. This package contains the utilities for manipulating squashfs filesystems.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.0
Release:
5.el6
Size:
80 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the squashfs-tools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install squashfs-tools
This command will install squashfs-tools on the server.
yum remove squashfs-tools
This command will un-install squashfs-tools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove squashfs-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove squashfs-tools
This command will un-install squashfs-tools 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 squashfs-tools when using the -y flag.
yum update squashfs-tools
This command will update squashfs-tools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove squashfs-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update squashfs-tools
This command will update squashfs-tools 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 squashfs-tools when using the -y flag.
yum info squashfs-tools
This command will show you core information about the squashfs-tools package.
yum deplist squashfs-tools
This command will show you the dependencies for squashfs-tools. 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 squashfs-tools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on squashfs-tools. 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.