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libmcrypt


Information about the package, libmcrypt, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libmcrypt package is designed for, Encryption algorithms library.


Package Name:

libmcrypt

Summary:

Encryption algorithms library

Description:

Libmcrypt is a thread-safe library providing a uniform interface to access several block and stream encryption algorithms.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.5.8

Release:

9.el6

Size:

96 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for libmcrypt


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install libmcrypt

This command will install libmcrypt on the server.

yum remove libmcrypt

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

yum -y remove libmcrypt

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

yum update libmcrypt

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

yum -y update libmcrypt

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

yum info libmcrypt

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

yum deplist libmcrypt

This command will show you the dependencies for libmcrypt. 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 libmcrypt

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