How To Install zip on Fedora 34

zip is A file compression and packaging utility compatible with PKZIP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zip on Fedora 34.

What is zip

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.

We can use yum or dnf to install zip on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install zip.

Install zip on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install zip

Install zip on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install zip

How To Uninstall zip on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove zip

zip Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/zip
/usr/bin/zipcloak
/usr/bin/zipnote
/usr/bin/zipsplit
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/828e8aed39c7700a8c7bee9c8e996a8a9dea55
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/32342d0a62f2154cc5972672c41f8ccbad90aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/68907559fcca7bb6910ad6b0c4d460aaee140f
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/c1b9fd62033493cc175a4240b41fd13cfeca88
/usr/share/doc/zip
/usr/share/doc/zip/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/zip/README
/usr/share/doc/zip/README.CR
/usr/share/doc/zip/TODO
/usr/share/doc/zip/WHATSNEW
/usr/share/doc/zip/WHERE
/usr/share/doc/zip/algorith.txt
/usr/share/licenses/zip
/usr/share/licenses/zip/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/zip.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zipcloak.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zipnote.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/zipsplit.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zip on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.