Information about the package, racoon2, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The racoon2 package is designed for, An implementation of key management system for IPsec.
Package Name:
racoon2
Summary:
An implementation of key management system for IPsec
Description:
The Racoon2 project is a joint effort which provides an implementation of key management system for IPsec. The implementation is called Racoon2, a successor of Racoon, which was developed by the KAME project. It supports IKEv1, IKEv2, and KINK protocols. It works on FreeBSD, NetBSD, Linux, and Mac OS X.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
20100526a
Release:
28.el6
Size:
339 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the racoon2 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install racoon2
This command will install racoon2 on the server.
yum remove racoon2
This command will un-install racoon2 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove racoon2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove racoon2
This command will un-install racoon2 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 racoon2 when using the -y flag.
yum update racoon2
This command will update racoon2 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove racoon2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update racoon2
This command will update racoon2 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 racoon2 when using the -y flag.
yum info racoon2
This command will show you core information about the racoon2 package.
yum deplist racoon2
This command will show you the dependencies for racoon2. 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 racoon2
This command will check if there is an update waiting on racoon2. 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.