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pyOpenSSL


Information about the package, pyOpenSSL, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pyOpenSSL package is designed for, Python wrapper module around the OpenSSL library.


Package Name:

pyOpenSSL

Summary:

Python wrapper module around the OpenSSL library

Description:

High-level wrapper around a subset of the OpenSSL library, includes among others * SSL.Connection objects, wrapping the methods of Python's portable sockets * Callbacks written in Python * Extensive error-handling mechanism, mirroring OpenSSL's error codes

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

0.13.1

Release:

2.el6

Size:

263 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

ASL 2.0



Handy Yum Commands for pyOpenSSL


Control the pyOpenSSL package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install pyOpenSSL

This command will install pyOpenSSL on the server.

yum remove pyOpenSSL

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

yum -y remove pyOpenSSL

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

yum update pyOpenSSL

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

yum -y update pyOpenSSL

This command will update pyOpenSSL 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 pyOpenSSL when using the -y flag.

yum info pyOpenSSL

This command will show you core information about the pyOpenSSL package.

yum deplist pyOpenSSL

This command will show you the dependencies for pyOpenSSL. 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 pyOpenSSL

This command will check if there is an update waiting on pyOpenSSL. 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.