Information about the package, pcsc-lite, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pcsc-lite package is designed for, PC/SC Lite smart card framework and applications.
Package Name:
pcsc-lite
Summary:
PC/SC Lite smart card framework and applications
Description:
The purpose of PC/SC Lite is to provide a Windows(R) SCard interface in a very small form factor for communicating to smartcards and readers. PC/SC Lite uses the same winscard API as used under Windows(R). This package includes the PC/SC Lite daemon, a resource manager that coordinates communications with smart card readers and smart cards that are connected to the system, as well as other command line tools.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.5.2
Release:
16.el6
Size:
131 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the pcsc-lite package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pcsc-lite
This command will install pcsc-lite on the server.
yum remove pcsc-lite
This command will un-install pcsc-lite on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pcsc-lite, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pcsc-lite
This command will un-install pcsc-lite 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 pcsc-lite when using the -y flag.
yum update pcsc-lite
This command will update pcsc-lite to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pcsc-lite, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pcsc-lite
This command will update pcsc-lite 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 pcsc-lite when using the -y flag.
yum info pcsc-lite
This command will show you core information about the pcsc-lite package.
yum deplist pcsc-lite
This command will show you the dependencies for pcsc-lite. 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 pcsc-lite
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pcsc-lite. 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.