Information about the package, atool, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The atool package is designed for, A perl script for managing file archives of various types.
Package Name:
atool
Summary:
A perl script for managing file archives of various types
Description:
atool is a script for managing file archives of various types. It includes aunpack (to extract archives), apack (to create archives), als (to list files), acat (to extract files to the standard output), etc. atool relies on external programs to handle the archives. It determines the archive types using file extensions whenever possible, with a fallback on 'file'. It includes support for tarballs, gzip, bzip, bzip2, lzop, lzma, pkzip, rar, ace, arj, rpm, cpio, arc, 7z, alzip.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.39.0
Release:
1.el6
Size:
53 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the atool package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install atool
This command will install atool on the server.
yum remove atool
This command will un-install atool on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove atool, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove atool
This command will un-install atool 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 atool when using the -y flag.
yum update atool
This command will update atool to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove atool, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update atool
This command will update atool 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 atool when using the -y flag.
yum info atool
This command will show you core information about the atool package.
yum deplist atool
This command will show you the dependencies for atool. 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 atool
This command will check if there is an update waiting on atool. 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.