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openssl-devel


Information about the package, openssl-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The openssl-devel package is designed for, Files for development of applications which will use OpenSSL.


Package Name:

openssl-devel

Summary:

Files for development of applications which will use OpenSSL

Description:

OpenSSL is a toolkit for supporting cryptography. The openssl-devel package contains include files needed to develop applications which support various cryptographic algorithms and protocols.

Architecture:

i686

Version:

1.0.1e

Release:

57.el6

Size:

1.2 M

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

OpenSSL



Handy Yum Commands for openssl-devel


Control the openssl-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install openssl-devel

This command will install openssl-devel on the server.

yum remove openssl-devel

This command will un-install openssl-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove openssl-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove openssl-devel

This command will un-install openssl-devel on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove openssl-devel when using the -y flag.

yum update openssl-devel

This command will update openssl-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove openssl-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update openssl-devel

This command will update openssl-devel to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove openssl-devel when using the -y flag.

yum info openssl-devel

This command will show you core information about the openssl-devel package.

yum deplist openssl-devel

This command will show you the dependencies for openssl-devel. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update openssl-devel

This command will check if there is an update waiting on openssl-devel. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.