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In this article, we will look into zip command not found error in Linux (RedHat/CentOS 7/8). Many times you might have observed "zip command not found" error while trying to compress files using zip command in Linux. This is because zip command will not be available by default. You need to separately install it using below given steps.
zip command is widely used in both Unix and Linux Based systems to reduce the total file size by compressing them. There are other tools that can be used for compression which i will cover in later articles. In this session, we will keep our focus on "zip command not found" error.
zip command not found error in Linux
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Step 1: Prerequisites
a)You need to have a running RedHat/CentOS 7/8 System
b)System should have yum command installed.
c)You need to have sudo access to run all privileged commands.
NOTE:
root user to run all the below commands. You can use any user with sudo access to run all these commands. For more information, Please check Step by Step: How to add User to Sudoers to provide sudo access to the User.Step 2: Update Your System
Before installing zip package you need to first update all the packages to the latest version using yum update -y command as shown below. In this example since system is already updated with latest version so it does not have any new updates to install.
[root@localhost ~]# yum update -y Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in * epel: mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in * extras: mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in * updates: mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in No packages marked for update
Step 3: Install zip command
After updating all the packages it is now time to install zip package using yum install zip -y command as shown below.
[root@localhost ~]# yum install zip -y Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in * epel: mirrors.aliyun.com * extras: mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in * updates: mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package zip.x86_64 0:3.0-11.el7 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ======================================================================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ======================================================================================================================================================================== Installing: zip x86_64 3.0-11.el7 base 260 k Transaction Summary ======================================================================================================================================================================== Install 1 Package Total download size: 260 k Installed size: 796 k Downloading packages: zip-3.0-11.el7.x86_64.rpm | 260 kB 00:00:00 Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction Installing : zip-3.0-11.el7.x86_64 1/1 Verifying : zip-3.0-11.el7.x86_64 1/1 Installed: zip.x86_64 0:3.0-11.el7 Complete!
Step 4: Verify Package Installation
After successful installation of zip package, you can query the rpm db and verify the installation using rpm command as shown below.
[root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa | grep -i zip gzip-1.5-10.el7.x86_64 zip-3.0-11.el7.x86_64 bzip2-libs-1.0.6-13.el7.x86_64
Step 5: Test zip command
After successful installation of zip package you can check the zip command usage by compressing a simple file.txt file to file.zip format as shown below.
[root@localhost ~]# zip file.zip file.txt adding: file.txt (deflated 63%)
You can check other zip commands option using zip --help command as shown below.
[root@localhost ~]# zip --help Copyright (c) 1990-2008 Info-ZIP - Type 'zip "-L"' for software license. Zip 3.0 (July 5th 2008). Usage: zip [-options] [-b path] [-t mmddyyyy] [-n suffixes] [zipfile list] [-xi list] The default action is to add or replace zipfile entries from list, which can include the special name - to compress standard input. If zipfile and list are omitted, zip compresses stdin to stdout. -f freshen: only changed files -u update: only changed or new files -d delete entries in zipfile -m move into zipfile (delete OS files) -r recurse into directories -j junk (don't record) directory names -0 store only -l convert LF to CR LF (-ll CR LF to LF) -1 compress faster -9 compress better -q quiet operation -v verbose operation/print version info -c add one-line comments -z add zipfile comment -@ read names from stdin -o make zipfile as old as latest entry -x exclude the following names -i include only the following names -F fix zipfile (-FF try harder) -D do not add directory entries -A adjust self-extracting exe -J junk zipfile prefix (unzipsfx) -T test zipfile integrity -X eXclude eXtra file attributes -y store symbolic links as the link instead of the referenced file -e encrypt -n don't compress these suffixes -h2 show more help
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