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strongswan-libipsec


Information about the package, strongswan-libipsec, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The strongswan-libipsec package is designed for, Strongswan's libipsec backend.


Package Name:

strongswan-libipsec

Summary:

Strongswan's libipsec backend

Description:

The kernel-libipsec plugin provides an IPsec backend that works entirely in userland, using TUN devices and its own IPsec implementation libipsec.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

5.4.0

Release:

2.el6

Size:

38 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for strongswan-libipsec


Control the strongswan-libipsec package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install strongswan-libipsec

This command will install strongswan-libipsec on the server.

yum remove strongswan-libipsec

This command will un-install strongswan-libipsec on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove strongswan-libipsec, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove strongswan-libipsec

This command will un-install strongswan-libipsec 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 strongswan-libipsec when using the -y flag.

yum update strongswan-libipsec

This command will update strongswan-libipsec to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove strongswan-libipsec, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update strongswan-libipsec

This command will update strongswan-libipsec 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 strongswan-libipsec when using the -y flag.

yum info strongswan-libipsec

This command will show you core information about the strongswan-libipsec package.

yum deplist strongswan-libipsec

This command will show you the dependencies for strongswan-libipsec. 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 strongswan-libipsec

This command will check if there is an update waiting on strongswan-libipsec. 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.