Information about the package, ferm, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ferm package is designed for, For Easy Rule Making.
Package Name:
ferm
Summary:
For Easy Rule Making
Description:
Ferm is a tool to maintain complex firewalls, without having the trouble to rewrite the complex rules over and over again. Ferm allows the entire firewall rule set to be stored in a separate file, and to be loaded with one command. The firewall configuration resembles structured programming-like language, which can contain levels and lists.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.1.2
Release:
1.el6
Size:
72 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the ferm package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ferm
This command will install ferm on the server.
yum remove ferm
This command will un-install ferm on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ferm, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ferm
This command will un-install ferm 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 ferm when using the -y flag.
yum update ferm
This command will update ferm to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ferm, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ferm
This command will update ferm 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 ferm when using the -y flag.
yum info ferm
This command will show you core information about the ferm package.
yum deplist ferm
This command will show you the dependencies for ferm. 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 ferm
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ferm. 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.