Information about the package, bsdtar3, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The bsdtar3 package is designed for, Manipulate tape archives.
Package Name:
bsdtar3
Summary:
Manipulate tape archives
Description:
The bsdtar package contains standalone bsdtar utility split off regular libarchive packages.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.3.1
Release:
1.el6
Size:
328 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the bsdtar3 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install bsdtar3
This command will install bsdtar3 on the server.
yum remove bsdtar3
This command will un-install bsdtar3 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bsdtar3, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove bsdtar3
This command will un-install bsdtar3 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 bsdtar3 when using the -y flag.
yum update bsdtar3
This command will update bsdtar3 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove bsdtar3, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update bsdtar3
This command will update bsdtar3 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 bsdtar3 when using the -y flag.
yum info bsdtar3
This command will show you core information about the bsdtar3 package.
yum deplist bsdtar3
This command will show you the dependencies for bsdtar3. 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 bsdtar3
This command will check if there is an update waiting on bsdtar3. 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.