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libwhirlpool


Information about the package, libwhirlpool, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libwhirlpool package is designed for, Whirlpool cryptographic hash function library.


Package Name:

libwhirlpool

Summary:

Whirlpool cryptographic hash function library

Description:

WHIRLPOOL cryptographic hash function library for UNIX and Linux. Also provides 'whirlpoolsum' utility for easy calculation and checking WHIRLPOOL hashes similar to 'md5sum' and 'shaXXXsum'.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.0

Release:

1.el6

Size:

22 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

Public Domain



Handy Yum Commands for libwhirlpool


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install libwhirlpool

This command will install libwhirlpool on the server.

yum remove libwhirlpool

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

yum -y remove libwhirlpool

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

yum update libwhirlpool

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

yum -y update libwhirlpool

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

yum info libwhirlpool

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

yum deplist libwhirlpool

This command will show you the dependencies for libwhirlpool. 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 libwhirlpool

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