Information about the package, nss-util, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The nss-util package is designed for, Network Security Services Utilities Library.
Package Name:
nss-util
Summary:
Network Security Services Utilities Library
Description:
Utilities for Network Security Services and the Softoken module
Architecture:
i686
Version:
3.28.4
Release:
1.el6_9
Size:
68 k
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
MPLv2.0
Control the nss-util package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install nss-util
This command will install nss-util on the server.
yum remove nss-util
This command will un-install nss-util on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nss-util, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove nss-util
This command will un-install nss-util 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-util when using the -y flag.
yum update nss-util
This command will update nss-util to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nss-util, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update nss-util
This command will update nss-util 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-util when using the -y flag.
yum info nss-util
This command will show you core information about the nss-util package.
yum deplist nss-util
This command will show you the dependencies for nss-util. 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-util
This command will check if there is an update waiting on nss-util. 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.