Information about the package, libtomcrypt, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libtomcrypt package is designed for, A comprehensive, portable cryptographic toolkit.
Package Name:
libtomcrypt
Summary:
A comprehensive, portable cryptographic toolkit
Description:
A comprehensive, modular and portable cryptographic toolkit that provides developers with a vast array of well known published block ciphers, one-way hash functions, chaining modes, pseudo-random number generators, public key cryptography and a plethora of other routines. Designed from the ground up to be very simple to use. It has a modular and standard API that allows new ciphers, hashes and PRNGs to be added or removed without change to the overall end application. It features easy to use functions and a complete user manual which has many source snippet examples.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.17
Release:
25.el6
Size:
220 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
Public Domain
Control the libtomcrypt package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libtomcrypt
This command will install libtomcrypt on the server.
yum remove libtomcrypt
This command will un-install libtomcrypt on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libtomcrypt, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libtomcrypt
This command will un-install libtomcrypt 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 libtomcrypt when using the -y flag.
yum update libtomcrypt
This command will update libtomcrypt to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libtomcrypt, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libtomcrypt
This command will update libtomcrypt 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 libtomcrypt when using the -y flag.
yum info libtomcrypt
This command will show you core information about the libtomcrypt package.
yum deplist libtomcrypt
This command will show you the dependencies for libtomcrypt. 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 libtomcrypt
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libtomcrypt. 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.