Information about the package, ghc-entropy, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ghc-entropy package is designed for, A platform independent entropy source.
Package Name:
ghc-entropy
Summary:
A platform independent entropy source
Description:
A platform independent method to obtain cryptographically strong entropy (urandom on Linux, CryptAPI on Windows, patches welcome). Users looking for cryptographically strong (number-theoretically sound) PRNGs should see the 'DRBG' package too!.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.2.1
Release:
1.el6
Size:
8.0 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the ghc-entropy package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ghc-entropy
This command will install ghc-entropy on the server.
yum remove ghc-entropy
This command will un-install ghc-entropy on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ghc-entropy, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ghc-entropy
This command will un-install ghc-entropy 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 ghc-entropy when using the -y flag.
yum update ghc-entropy
This command will update ghc-entropy to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ghc-entropy, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ghc-entropy
This command will update ghc-entropy 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 ghc-entropy when using the -y flag.
yum info ghc-entropy
This command will show you core information about the ghc-entropy package.
yum deplist ghc-entropy
This command will show you the dependencies for ghc-entropy. 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 ghc-entropy
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ghc-entropy. 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.