Information about the package, zip, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The zip package is designed for, A file compression and packaging utility compatible with PKZIP.
Package Name:
zip
Summary:
A file compression and packaging utility compatible with PKZIP
Description:
The zip program is a compression and file packaging utility. Zip is analogous to a combination of the UNIX tar and compress commands and is compatible with PKZIP (a compression and file packaging utility for MS-DOS systems). Install the zip package if you need to compress files using the zip program.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.0
Release:
1.el6_7.1
Size:
804 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
BSD
Control the zip package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install zip
This command will install zip on the server.
yum remove zip
This command will un-install zip on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove zip, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove zip
This command will un-install zip 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 zip when using the -y flag.
yum update zip
This command will update zip to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove zip, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update zip
This command will update zip 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 zip when using the -y flag.
yum info zip
This command will show you core information about the zip package.
yum deplist zip
This command will show you the dependencies for zip. 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 zip
This command will check if there is an update waiting on zip. 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.