Information about the package, libtelnet, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libtelnet package is designed for, TELNET protocol parsing framework.
Package Name:
libtelnet
Summary:
TELNET protocol parsing framework
Description:
Small library for parsing the TELNET protocol, responding to TELNET commands via an event interface, and generating valid TELNET commands. libtelnet includes support for the non-official MCCP, MCCP2, ZMP, and MSSP protocols used by MUD servers and clients.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.20
Release:
2.el6
Size:
22 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
Public Domain
Control the libtelnet package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libtelnet
This command will install libtelnet on the server.
yum remove libtelnet
This command will un-install libtelnet on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libtelnet, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libtelnet
This command will un-install libtelnet 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 libtelnet when using the -y flag.
yum update libtelnet
This command will update libtelnet to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libtelnet, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libtelnet
This command will update libtelnet 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 libtelnet when using the -y flag.
yum info libtelnet
This command will show you core information about the libtelnet package.
yum deplist libtelnet
This command will show you the dependencies for libtelnet. 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 libtelnet
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libtelnet. 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.