Information about the package, libssh, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libssh package is designed for, A library implementing the SSH2 protocol (0xbadc0de version).
Package Name:
libssh
Summary:
A library implementing the SSH2 protocol (0xbadc0de version)
Description:
The ssh library was designed to be used by programmers needing a working SSH implementation by the mean of a library. The complete control of the client is made by the programmer. With libssh, you can remotely execute programs, transfer files, use a secure and transparent tunnel for your remote programs. With its Secure FTP implementation, you can play with remote files easily, without third-party programs others than libcrypto (from openssl).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.5.5
Release:
5.el6
Size:
121 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the libssh package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libssh
This command will install libssh on the server.
yum remove libssh
This command will un-install libssh on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libssh, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libssh
This command will un-install libssh 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 libssh when using the -y flag.
yum update libssh
This command will update libssh to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libssh, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libssh
This command will update libssh 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 libssh when using the -y flag.
yum info libssh
This command will show you core information about the libssh package.
yum deplist libssh
This command will show you the dependencies for libssh. 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 libssh
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libssh. 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.