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