Information about the package, keyutils, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The keyutils package is designed for, Linux Key Management Utilities.
Package Name:
keyutils
Summary:
Linux Key Management Utilities
Description:
Utilities to control the kernel key management facility and to provide a mechanism by which the kernel call back to user space to get a key instantiated.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.4
Release:
5.el6
Size:
39 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+
Control the keyutils package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install keyutils
This command will install keyutils on the server.
yum remove keyutils
This command will un-install keyutils on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove keyutils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove keyutils
This command will un-install keyutils 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 keyutils when using the -y flag.
yum update keyutils
This command will update keyutils to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove keyutils, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update keyutils
This command will update keyutils 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 keyutils when using the -y flag.
yum info keyutils
This command will show you core information about the keyutils package.
yum deplist keyutils
This command will show you the dependencies for keyutils. 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 keyutils
This command will check if there is an update waiting on keyutils. 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.