How To Install unzip on CentOS 8

unzip is A utility for unpacking zip files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install unzip on CentOS 8.

What is unzip

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.

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

Install unzip on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install unzip

Install unzip on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install unzip

How To Uninstall unzip on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove unzip

unzip Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/funzip
/usr/bin/unzip
/usr/bin/unzipsfx
/usr/bin/zipgrep
/usr/bin/zipinfo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/92d4efe706546c816c7bc5bc0e188d5c28ef26
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/ac767034c61083c4f2d98516b6411a17e5a041
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/6f71cd3263a281593b0b795a2545d84ee47351
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/6f71cd3263a281593b0b795a2545d84ee47351.1
/usr/share/doc/unzip
/usr/share/doc/unzip/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/unzip/README
/usr/share/licenses/unzip
/usr/share/licenses/unzip/COPYING.OLD
/usr/share/licenses/unzip/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/funzip.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unzip.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unzipsfx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zipgrep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zipinfo.1.gz
/usr/bin/funzip
/usr/bin/unzip
/usr/bin/unzipsfx
/usr/bin/zipgrep
/usr/bin/zipinfo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/d9ee0c483317f51a63bb5810c234d38e5fae1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/d9ee0c483317f51a63bb5810c234d38e5fae1e.1
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/4d/2d0968fc48864f85f830e4f996578bf70d6bc3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/ff7f99f732f061aedbfe1e488536ee7491aa93
/usr/share/doc/unzip
/usr/share/doc/unzip/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/unzip/README
/usr/share/licenses/unzip
/usr/share/licenses/unzip/COPYING.OLD
/usr/share/licenses/unzip/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/funzip.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unzip.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unzipsfx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zipgrep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zipinfo.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install unzip on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.