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p11-kit


Information about the package, p11-kit, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The p11-kit package is designed for, Library for loading and sharing PKCS#11 modules.


Package Name:

p11-kit

Summary:

Library for loading and sharing PKCS#11 modules

Description:

p11-kit provides a way to load and enumerate PKCS#11 modules, as well as a standard configuration setup for installing PKCS#11 modules in such a way that they're discoverable.

Architecture:

i686

Version:

0.18.5

Release:

2.el6_5.2

Size:

93 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for p11-kit


Control the p11-kit package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install p11-kit

This command will install p11-kit on the server.

yum remove p11-kit

This command will un-install p11-kit on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove p11-kit, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove p11-kit

This command will un-install p11-kit 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 p11-kit when using the -y flag.

yum update p11-kit

This command will update p11-kit to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove p11-kit, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update p11-kit

This command will update p11-kit 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 p11-kit when using the -y flag.

yum info p11-kit

This command will show you core information about the p11-kit package.

yum deplist p11-kit

This command will show you the dependencies for p11-kit. 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 p11-kit

This command will check if there is an update waiting on p11-kit. 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.