Information about the package, openvas-libraries, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The openvas-libraries package is designed for, Support libraries for Open Vulnerability Assessment (OpenVAS).
Package Name:
openvas-libraries
Summary:
Support libraries for Open Vulnerability Assessment (OpenVAS)
Description:
openvas-libraries is the base library for the OpenVAS network security scanner.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.0.3
Release:
3.el6
Size:
335 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2
Control the openvas-libraries package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install openvas-libraries
This command will install openvas-libraries on the server.
yum remove openvas-libraries
This command will un-install openvas-libraries on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove openvas-libraries, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove openvas-libraries
This command will un-install openvas-libraries 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 openvas-libraries when using the -y flag.
yum update openvas-libraries
This command will update openvas-libraries to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove openvas-libraries, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update openvas-libraries
This command will update openvas-libraries 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 openvas-libraries when using the -y flag.
yum info openvas-libraries
This command will show you core information about the openvas-libraries package.
yum deplist openvas-libraries
This command will show you the dependencies for openvas-libraries. 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 openvas-libraries
This command will check if there is an update waiting on openvas-libraries. 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.