How to Install and Uninstall libarchive.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: October 08,2024

1. Install "libarchive.x86_64" package

This guide let you learn how to install libarchive.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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                sudo dnf update
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                libarchive.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libarchive.x86_64" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libarchive.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
                libarchive.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libarchive.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last metadata expiration check: 0:19:47 ago on Mon Feb 26 15:59:38 2024.
Installed Packages
Name : libarchive
Version : 3.3.3
Release : 5.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 819 k
Source : libarchive-3.3.3-5.el8.src.rpm
Repository : @System
Summary : A library for handling streaming archive formats
URL : http://www.libarchive.org/
License : BSD
Description : Libarchive is a programming library that can create and read several different
: streaming archive formats, including most popular tar variants, several cpio
: formats, and both BSD and GNU ar variants. It can also write shar archives and
: read ISO9660 CDROM images and ZIP archives.