Information about the package, pxz, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pxz package is designed for, Parallel LZMA compressor using XZ.
Package Name:
pxz
Summary:
Parallel LZMA compressor using XZ
Description:
Parallel XZ is a compression utility that takes advantage of running XZ compression simultaneously on different parts of an input file on multiple cores and processors. This significantly speeds up compression time.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.999.9
Release:
1.beta.20100608git.el6
Size:
18 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the pxz package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pxz
This command will install pxz on the server.
yum remove pxz
This command will un-install pxz on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pxz, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pxz
This command will un-install pxz 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 pxz when using the -y flag.
yum update pxz
This command will update pxz to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pxz, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pxz
This command will update pxz 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 pxz when using the -y flag.
yum info pxz
This command will show you core information about the pxz package.
yum deplist pxz
This command will show you the dependencies for pxz. 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 pxz
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pxz. 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.