Information about the package, cryptsetup-luks, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The cryptsetup-luks package is designed for, A utility for setting up encrypted filesystems.
Package Name:
cryptsetup-luks
Summary:
A utility for setting up encrypted filesystems
Description:
This package contains cryptsetup, a utility for setting up encrypted filesystems using Device Mapper and the dm-crypt target.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2.0
Release:
11.el6
Size:
300 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the cryptsetup-luks package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install cryptsetup-luks
This command will install cryptsetup-luks on the server.
yum remove cryptsetup-luks
This command will un-install cryptsetup-luks on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cryptsetup-luks, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove cryptsetup-luks
This command will un-install cryptsetup-luks 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 cryptsetup-luks when using the -y flag.
yum update cryptsetup-luks
This command will update cryptsetup-luks to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove cryptsetup-luks, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update cryptsetup-luks
This command will update cryptsetup-luks 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 cryptsetup-luks when using the -y flag.
yum info cryptsetup-luks
This command will show you core information about the cryptsetup-luks package.
yum deplist cryptsetup-luks
This command will show you the dependencies for cryptsetup-luks. 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 cryptsetup-luks
This command will check if there is an update waiting on cryptsetup-luks. 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.