Information about the package, xz-libs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The xz-libs package is designed for, Libraries for decoding LZMA compression.
Package Name:
xz-libs
Summary:
Libraries for decoding LZMA compression
Description:
Libraries for decoding files compressed with LZMA or XZ utils.
Architecture:
i686
Version:
4.999.9
Release:
0.5.beta.20091007git.el6
Size:
94 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the xz-libs package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install xz-libs
This command will install xz-libs on the server.
yum remove xz-libs
This command will un-install xz-libs on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xz-libs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove xz-libs
This command will un-install xz-libs 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 xz-libs when using the -y flag.
yum update xz-libs
This command will update xz-libs to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove xz-libs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update xz-libs
This command will update xz-libs 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 xz-libs when using the -y flag.
yum info xz-libs
This command will show you core information about the xz-libs package.
yum deplist xz-libs
This command will show you the dependencies for xz-libs. 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 xz-libs
This command will check if there is an update waiting on xz-libs. 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.