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beecrypt


Information about the package, beecrypt, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The beecrypt package is designed for, An open source cryptography library.


Package Name:

beecrypt

Summary:

An open source cryptography library

Description:

BeeCrypt is an ongoing project to provide a strong and fast cryptography toolkit. Includes entropy sources, random generators, block ciphers, hash functions, message authentication codes, multiprecision integer routines and public key primitives.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

4.2.1

Release:

20.el6

Size:

106 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for beecrypt


Control the beecrypt package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install beecrypt

This command will install beecrypt on the server.

yum remove beecrypt

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

yum -y remove beecrypt

This command will un-install beecrypt 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 beecrypt when using the -y flag.

yum update beecrypt

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

yum -y update beecrypt

This command will update beecrypt 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 beecrypt when using the -y flag.

yum info beecrypt

This command will show you core information about the beecrypt package.

yum deplist beecrypt

This command will show you the dependencies for beecrypt. 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 beecrypt

This command will check if there is an update waiting on beecrypt. 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.