Information about the package, botan, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The botan package is designed for, Crypto library written in C++.
Package Name:
botan
Summary:
Crypto library written in C++
Description:
Botan is a BSD-licensed crypto library written in C++. It provides a wide variety of basic cryptographic algorithms, X.509 certificates and CRLs, PKCS \#10 certificate requests, a filter/pipe message processing system, and a wide variety of other features, all written in portable C++. The API reference, tutorial, and examples may help impart the flavor of the library.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.8.15
Release:
2.el6
Size:
796 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the botan package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install botan
This command will install botan on the server.
yum remove botan
This command will un-install botan on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove botan, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove botan
This command will un-install botan 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 botan when using the -y flag.
yum update botan
This command will update botan to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove botan, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update botan
This command will update botan 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 botan when using the -y flag.
yum info botan
This command will show you core information about the botan package.
yum deplist botan
This command will show you the dependencies for botan. 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 botan
This command will check if there is an update waiting on botan. 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.