< Home - < Back

mbedtls


Information about the package, mbedtls, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The mbedtls package is designed for, Light-weight cryptographic and SSL/TLS library.


Package Name:

mbedtls

Summary:

Light-weight cryptographic and SSL/TLS library

Description:

Mbed TLS is a light-weight open source cryptographic and SSL/TLS library written in C. Mbed TLS makes it easy for developers to include cryptographic and SSL/TLS capabilities in their (embedded) applications with as little hassle as possible. FOSS License Exception: https://tls.mbed.org/foss-license-exception

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.7.0

Release:

1.el6

Size:

260 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

ASL 2.0



Handy Yum Commands for mbedtls


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install mbedtls

This command will install mbedtls on the server.

yum remove mbedtls

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

yum -y remove mbedtls

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

yum update mbedtls

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

yum -y update mbedtls

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

yum info mbedtls

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

yum deplist mbedtls

This command will show you the dependencies for mbedtls. 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 mbedtls

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