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Information about the package, ike, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ike package is designed for, Shrew Soft VPN Client For Linux.


Package Name:

ike

Summary:

Shrew Soft VPN Client For Linux

Description:

This free IPSEC VPN client can be used to communicate with Open Source IPSEC VPN servers as well as some commercial IPSEC VPN servers.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.1.7

Release:

6.el6

Size:

324 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

Sleepycat



Handy Yum Commands for ike


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install ike

This command will install ike on the server.

yum remove ike

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

yum -y remove ike

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

yum update ike

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

yum -y update ike

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

yum info ike

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

yum deplist ike

This command will show you the dependencies for ike. 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 ike

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