Information about the package, tor, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The tor package is designed for, Anonymizing overlay network for TCP.
Package Name:
tor
Summary:
Anonymizing overlay network for TCP
Description:
The Tor network is a group of volunteer-operated servers that allows people to improve their privacy and security on the Internet. Tor's users employ this network by connecting through a series of virtual tunnels rather than making a direct connection, thus allowing both organizations and individuals to share information over public networks without compromising their privacy. Along the same line, Tor is an effective censorship circumvention tool, allowing its users to reach otherwise blocked destinations or content. Tor can also be used as a building block for software developers to create new communication tools with built-in privacy features. This package contains the Tor software that can act as either a server on the Tor network, or as a client to connect to the Tor network.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.2.9.15
Release:
1.el6
Size:
2.9 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the tor package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install tor
This command will install tor on the server.
yum remove tor
This command will un-install tor on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tor, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove tor
This command will un-install tor 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 tor when using the -y flag.
yum update tor
This command will update tor to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tor, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update tor
This command will update tor 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 tor when using the -y flag.
yum info tor
This command will show you core information about the tor package.
yum deplist tor
This command will show you the dependencies for tor. 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 tor
This command will check if there is an update waiting on tor. 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.