Information about the package, pam-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pam-devel package is designed for, Files needed for developing PAM-aware applications and modules for.
Package Name:
pam-devel
Summary:
Files needed for developing PAM-aware applications and modules for
Description:
PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is a system security tool that allows system administrators to set authentication policy without having to recompile programs that handle authentication. This package contains header files and static libraries used for building both PAM-aware applications and modules for use with PAM.
Architecture:
i686
Version:
1.1.1
Release:
24.el6
Size:
205 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD and GPLv2+
Control the pam-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pam-devel
This command will install pam-devel on the server.
yum remove pam-devel
This command will un-install pam-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pam-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pam-devel
This command will un-install pam-devel 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 pam-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update pam-devel
This command will update pam-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pam-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pam-devel
This command will update pam-devel 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 pam-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info pam-devel
This command will show you core information about the pam-devel package.
yum deplist pam-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for pam-devel. 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 pam-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pam-devel. 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.