How To Install arj on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install arj on Rocky Linux 8. arj is Archiver for .arj files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install arj on Rocky Linux 8.

What is arj

This package is an open source version of the arj archiver. It has been created with the intent to preserve maximum compatibility and retain the feature set of original ARJ archiver as provided by ARJ Software, Inc.

We can use yum or dnf to install arj on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install arj.

Install arj on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install arj using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install arj

Install arj on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install arj using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install arj

How To Uninstall arj on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the arj package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove arj

arj Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/rearj.cfg
/usr/bin/arj
/usr/bin/arjdisp
/usr/bin/rearj
/usr/bin/unarj
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/819445b0dc2a7302c730fc840c64fed67b74ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/b423cd8d99578076145a61c5b427905807ea81
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/472d7278cdaa86f9f39d7b6cabe48eae3ec371
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/4299f743cafc17047b50aa571d9cba53a1c403
/usr/lib64/arj
/usr/lib64/arj/arjcrypt.so
/usr/share/doc/arj
/usr/share/doc/arj/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/arj/rev_hist.txt
/usr/share/licenses/arj
/usr/share/licenses/arj/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/arj.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arjdisp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rearj.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unarj.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install arj on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.