Information about the package, libnet, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libnet package is designed for, C library for portable packet creation and injection.
Package Name:
libnet
Summary:
C library for portable packet creation and injection
Description:
Libnet is an API to help with the construction and handling of network packets. It provides a portable framework for low-level network packet writing and handling (use libnet in conjunction with libpcap and you can write some really cool stuff). Libnet includes packet creation at the IP layer and at the link layer as well as a host of supplementary and complementary functionality.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.1.6
Release:
7.el6
Size:
58 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the libnet package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libnet
This command will install libnet on the server.
yum remove libnet
This command will un-install libnet on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libnet, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libnet
This command will un-install libnet 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 libnet when using the -y flag.
yum update libnet
This command will update libnet to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libnet, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libnet
This command will update libnet 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 libnet when using the -y flag.
yum info libnet
This command will show you core information about the libnet package.
yum deplist libnet
This command will show you the dependencies for libnet. 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 libnet
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libnet. 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.