Information about the package, tzdata-java, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The tzdata-java package is designed for, Timezone data for Java.
Package Name:
tzdata-java
Summary:
Timezone data for Java
Description:
This package contains timezone information for use by Java runtimes.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2018e
Release:
3.el6
Size:
363 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
Public Domain
Control the tzdata-java package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install tzdata-java
This command will install tzdata-java on the server.
yum remove tzdata-java
This command will un-install tzdata-java on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tzdata-java, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove tzdata-java
This command will un-install tzdata-java 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 tzdata-java when using the -y flag.
yum update tzdata-java
This command will update tzdata-java to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tzdata-java, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update tzdata-java
This command will update tzdata-java 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 tzdata-java when using the -y flag.
yum info tzdata-java
This command will show you core information about the tzdata-java package.
yum deplist tzdata-java
This command will show you the dependencies for tzdata-java. 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 tzdata-java
This command will check if there is an update waiting on tzdata-java. 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.