How To Install p7zip on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install p7zip on CentOS 7. p7zip is Very high compression ratio file archiver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install p7zip on CentOS 7.

What is p7zip

p7zip is a port of 7za.exe for Unix. 7-Zip is a file archiver with a very high compression ratio. The original version can be found at http

We can use yum or dnf to install p7zip on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install p7zip.

Install p7zip on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install p7zip using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install p7zip

Install p7zip 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 p7zip using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install p7zip

How To Uninstall p7zip on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove p7zip

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install p7zip on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.