Information about the package, pcapy, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pcapy package is designed for, A Python interface to libpcap.
Package Name:
pcapy
Summary:
A Python interface to libpcap
Description:
Pcapy is a Python extension module that interfaces with the libpcap packet capture library. Pcapy enables python scripts to capture packets on the network. Pcapy is highly effective when used in conjunction with a packet-handling package such as Impacket, which is a collection of Python classes for constructing and dissecting network packets.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.10.5
Release:
6.el6
Size:
21 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
ASL 1.1
Control the pcapy package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pcapy
This command will install pcapy on the server.
yum remove pcapy
This command will un-install pcapy on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pcapy, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pcapy
This command will un-install pcapy 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 pcapy when using the -y flag.
yum update pcapy
This command will update pcapy to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pcapy, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pcapy
This command will update pcapy 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 pcapy when using the -y flag.
yum info pcapy
This command will show you core information about the pcapy package.
yum deplist pcapy
This command will show you the dependencies for pcapy. 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 pcapy
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pcapy. 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.