Information about the package, nettle, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The nettle package is designed for, A low-level cryptographic library.
Package Name:
nettle
Summary:
A low-level cryptographic library
Description:
Nettle is a cryptographic library that is designed to fit easily in more or less any context: In crypto toolkits for object-oriented languages (C++, Python, Pike, ...), in applications like LSH or GNUPG, or even in kernel space.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.2
Release:
2.el6
Size:
288 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv3+ or GPLv2+
Control the nettle package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install nettle
This command will install nettle on the server.
yum remove nettle
This command will un-install nettle on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nettle, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove nettle
This command will un-install nettle 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 nettle when using the -y flag.
yum update nettle
This command will update nettle to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nettle, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update nettle
This command will update nettle 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 nettle when using the -y flag.
yum info nettle
This command will show you core information about the nettle package.
yum deplist nettle
This command will show you the dependencies for nettle. 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 nettle
This command will check if there is an update waiting on nettle. 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.