How To Install arj on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install arj on CentOS 7. arj is Archiver for .arj files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install arj on CentOS 7.

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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install arj.

Install arj on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install arj

Install arj on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install arj

How To Uninstall arj on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove arj

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install arj on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.