Information about the package, hmaccalc, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The hmaccalc package is designed for, Tools for computing and checking HMAC values for files.
Package Name:
hmaccalc
Summary:
Tools for computing and checking HMAC values for files
Description:
The hmaccalc package contains tools which can calculate HMAC (hash-based message authentication code) values for files. The names and interfaces are meant to mimic the sha*sum tools provided by the coreutils package.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.9.12
Release:
2.el6
Size:
22 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the hmaccalc package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install hmaccalc
This command will install hmaccalc on the server.
yum remove hmaccalc
This command will un-install hmaccalc on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hmaccalc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove hmaccalc
This command will un-install hmaccalc 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 hmaccalc when using the -y flag.
yum update hmaccalc
This command will update hmaccalc to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove hmaccalc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update hmaccalc
This command will update hmaccalc 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 hmaccalc when using the -y flag.
yum info hmaccalc
This command will show you core information about the hmaccalc package.
yum deplist hmaccalc
This command will show you the dependencies for hmaccalc. 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 hmaccalc
This command will check if there is an update waiting on hmaccalc. 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.