How To Install p7zip on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install p7zip on Rocky Linux 8.
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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install p7zip.
Install p7zip on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install p7zip using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install p7zip
Install p7zip on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install p7zip using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install p7zip
How To Uninstall p7zip on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the p7zip package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove p7zip
p7zip Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/7za
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/1a4bb22e74c4442163537cc63f0972feb14edf
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/f6048ad166da2606d0ec8650aade8bfed8b699
/usr/libexec/p7zip
/usr/libexec/p7zip/7zCon.sfx
/usr/libexec/p7zip/7za
/usr/share/doc/p7zip
/usr/share/doc/p7zip/7zC.txt
/usr/share/doc/p7zip/7zFormat.txt
/usr/share/doc/p7zip/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/p7zip/Methods.txt
/usr/share/doc/p7zip/README
/usr/share/doc/p7zip/lzma.txt
/usr/share/doc/p7zip/readme.txt
/usr/share/doc/p7zip/src-history.txt
/usr/share/licenses/p7zip
/usr/share/licenses/p7zip/License.txt
/usr/share/licenses/p7zip/copying.txt
/usr/share/man/man1/7za.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install p7zip on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.