Information about the package, unzip, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The unzip package is designed for, A utility for unpacking zip files.
Package Name:
unzip
Summary:
A utility for unpacking zip files
Description:
The unzip utility is used to list, test, or extract files from a zip archive. Zip archives are commonly found on MS-DOS systems. The zip utility, included in the zip package, creates zip archives. Zip and unzip are both compatible with archives created by PKWARE(R)'s PKZIP for MS-DOS, but the programs' options and default behaviors do differ in some respects. Install the unzip package if you need to list, test or extract files from a zip archive.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
6.0
Release:
5.el6
Size:
324 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
BSD
Control the unzip package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install unzip
This command will install unzip on the server.
yum remove unzip
This command will un-install unzip on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove unzip, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove unzip
This command will un-install unzip 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 unzip when using the -y flag.
yum update unzip
This command will update unzip to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove unzip, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update unzip
This command will update unzip 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 unzip when using the -y flag.
yum info unzip
This command will show you core information about the unzip package.
yum deplist unzip
This command will show you the dependencies for unzip. 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 unzip
This command will check if there is an update waiting on unzip. 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.