Information about the package, lbzip2, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The lbzip2 package is designed for, Fast, multi-threaded bzip2 utility.
Package Name:
lbzip2
Summary:
Fast, multi-threaded bzip2 utility
URL:
Description:
lbzip2 is an independent, multi-threaded implementation of bzip2. It is commonly the fastest SMP (and uniprocessor) bzip2 compressor and decompressor.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.5
Release:
2.el6
Size:
88 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the lbzip2 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install lbzip2
This command will install lbzip2 on the server.
yum remove lbzip2
This command will un-install lbzip2 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lbzip2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove lbzip2
This command will un-install lbzip2 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 lbzip2 when using the -y flag.
yum update lbzip2
This command will update lbzip2 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lbzip2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update lbzip2
This command will update lbzip2 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 lbzip2 when using the -y flag.
yum info lbzip2
This command will show you core information about the lbzip2 package.
yum deplist lbzip2
This command will show you the dependencies for lbzip2. 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 lbzip2
This command will check if there is an update waiting on lbzip2. 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.