Information about the package, scapy, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The scapy package is designed for, Interactive packet manipulation tool and network scanner.
Package Name:
scapy
Summary:
Interactive packet manipulation tool and network scanner
Description:
Scapy is a powerful interactive packet manipulation program built on top of the Python interpreter. It can be used to forge or decode packets of a wide number of protocols, send them over the wire, capture them, match requests and replies, and much more.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.0.0.10
Release:
5.el6
Size:
417 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the scapy package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install scapy
This command will install scapy on the server.
yum remove scapy
This command will un-install scapy on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove scapy, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove scapy
This command will un-install scapy 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 scapy when using the -y flag.
yum update scapy
This command will update scapy to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove scapy, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update scapy
This command will update scapy 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 scapy when using the -y flag.
yum info scapy
This command will show you core information about the scapy package.
yum deplist scapy
This command will show you the dependencies for scapy. 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 scapy
This command will check if there is an update waiting on scapy. 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.