How To Install lbzip2-utils on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install lbzip2-utils on CentOS 7. lbzip2-utils is Utilities for working with bzip2 compressed files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lbzip2-utils on CentOS 7.

What is lbzip2-utils

This package provides a collection of utility programs to work with compressed files in bz2 format. These utilities are supplementary to lbzip2 compression tool.

We can use yum or dnf to install lbzip2-utils on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lbzip2-utils.

Install lbzip2-utils on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install lbzip2-utils using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lbzip2-utils

Install lbzip2-utils 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 lbzip2-utils using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lbzip2-utils

How To Uninstall lbzip2-utils on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the lbzip2-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lbzip2-utils

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lbzip2-utils on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.