Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install arj on CentOS 8.
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 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install arj.
Install arj on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install arj using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install arj
Install arj on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install arj using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install arj
How To Uninstall arj on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the arj package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove arj
arj Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/rearj.cfg
/usr/bin/arj
/usr/bin/arjdisp
/usr/bin/rearj
/usr/bin/unarj
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/819445b0dc2a7302c730fc840c64fed67b74ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/b423cd8d99578076145a61c5b427905807ea81
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/472d7278cdaa86f9f39d7b6cabe48eae3ec371
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/4299f743cafc17047b50aa571d9cba53a1c403
/usr/lib64/arj
/usr/lib64/arj/arjcrypt.so
/usr/share/doc/arj
/usr/share/doc/arj/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/arj/rev_hist.txt
/usr/share/licenses/arj
/usr/share/licenses/arj/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/arj.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/arjdisp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/rearj.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/unarj.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install arj on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
