Information about the package, nss, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The nss package is designed for, Network Security Services.
Package Name:
nss
Summary:
Network Security Services
Description:
Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications. Applications built with NSS can support SSL v2 and v3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12, S/MIME, X.509 v3 certificates, and other security standards.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.28.4
Release:
4.el6_9
Size:
2.6 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
MPLv2.0
Control the nss package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install nss
This command will install nss on the server.
yum remove nss
This command will un-install nss on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nss, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove nss
This command will un-install nss 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 nss when using the -y flag.
yum update nss
This command will update nss to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nss, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update nss
This command will update nss 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 nss when using the -y flag.
yum info nss
This command will show you core information about the nss package.
yum deplist nss
This command will show you the dependencies for nss. 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 nss
This command will check if there is an update waiting on nss. 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.