How To Install p7zip-plugins on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install p7zip-plugins on Rocky Linux 8. p7zip-plugins is Additional plugins for p7zip

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install p7zip-plugins on Rocky Linux 8.

What is p7zip-plugins

Additional plugins that can be used with 7z to extend its abilities. This package contains also a virtual file system for Midnight Commander.

We can use yum or dnf to install p7zip-plugins on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install p7zip-plugins.

Install p7zip-plugins 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 p7zip-plugins using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install p7zip-plugins

Install p7zip-plugins 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 p7zip-plugins using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install p7zip-plugins

How To Uninstall p7zip-plugins on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the p7zip-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove p7zip-plugins

p7zip-plugins Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/7z
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/ff6d6d146c28f4bde489f150a02437e6fa22e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/a900355a032f2a5a974f582b81ccad88a8f6e0
/usr/libexec/p7zip
/usr/libexec/p7zip/7z
/usr/libexec/p7zip/7z.so
/usr/share/man/man1/7z.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install p7zip-plugins on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.