Information about the package, packETH, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The packETH package is designed for, A GUI packet generator tool.
Package Name:
packETH
Summary:
A GUI packet generator tool
Description:
packETH is a Linux GUI tool that is able to send any packet or sequence of packets on the Ethernet. It uses the RAW socket option, so it doesn't care about ip, routing, etc. It is designed to have all the options available, with all the correct and incorrect values (incorrect means, that user can send wrong parameters like: incorrect checksum, wrong header length, etc.).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.7.2
Release:
4.el6
Size:
141 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the packETH package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install packETH
This command will install packETH on the server.
yum remove packETH
This command will un-install packETH on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove packETH, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove packETH
This command will un-install packETH 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 packETH when using the -y flag.
yum update packETH
This command will update packETH to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove packETH, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update packETH
This command will update packETH 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 packETH when using the -y flag.
yum info packETH
This command will show you core information about the packETH package.
yum deplist packETH
This command will show you the dependencies for packETH. 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 packETH
This command will check if there is an update waiting on packETH. 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.