Information about the package, bsdcpio3, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The bsdcpio3 package is designed for, Copy files to and from archives.
Package Name:
bsdcpio3
Summary:
Copy files to and from archives
Description:
The bsdcpio package contains standalone bsdcpio utility split off regular libarchive packages.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.3.1
Release:
1.el6
Size:
309 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the bsdcpio3 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install bsdcpio3
This command will install bsdcpio3 on the server.
yum remove bsdcpio3
This command will un-install bsdcpio3 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bsdcpio3, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove bsdcpio3
This command will un-install bsdcpio3 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 bsdcpio3 when using the -y flag.
yum update bsdcpio3
This command will update bsdcpio3 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bsdcpio3, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update bsdcpio3
This command will update bsdcpio3 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 bsdcpio3 when using the -y flag.
yum info bsdcpio3
This command will show you core information about the bsdcpio3 package.
yum deplist bsdcpio3
This command will show you the dependencies for bsdcpio3. 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 bsdcpio3
This command will check if there is an update waiting on bsdcpio3. 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.