Information about the package, openssl-perl, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The openssl-perl package is designed for, Perl scripts provided with OpenSSL.
Package Name:
openssl-perl
Summary:
Perl scripts provided with OpenSSL
Description:
OpenSSL is a toolkit for supporting cryptography. The openssl-perl package provides Perl scripts for converting certificates and keys from other formats to the formats used by the OpenSSL toolkit.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.0.1e
Release:
57.el6
Size:
57 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
OpenSSL
Control the openssl-perl package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install openssl-perl
This command will install openssl-perl on the server.
yum remove openssl-perl
This command will un-install openssl-perl on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove openssl-perl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove openssl-perl
This command will un-install openssl-perl 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-perl when using the -y flag.
yum update openssl-perl
This command will update openssl-perl to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove openssl-perl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update openssl-perl
This command will update openssl-perl 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-perl when using the -y flag.
yum info openssl-perl
This command will show you core information about the openssl-perl package.
yum deplist openssl-perl
This command will show you the dependencies for openssl-perl. 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-perl
This command will check if there is an update waiting on openssl-perl. 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.