Information about the package, opendnssec, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The opendnssec package is designed for, DNSSEC key and zone management software.
Package Name:
opendnssec
Summary:
DNSSEC key and zone management software
Description:
OpenDNSSEC was created as an open-source turn-key solution for DNSSEC. It secures zone data just before it is published in an authoritative name server. It requires a PKCS#11 crypto module library, such as softhsm
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.4.9
Release:
1.el6
Size:
509 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the opendnssec package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install opendnssec
This command will install opendnssec on the server.
yum remove opendnssec
This command will un-install opendnssec on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove opendnssec, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove opendnssec
This command will un-install opendnssec 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 opendnssec when using the -y flag.
yum update opendnssec
This command will update opendnssec to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove opendnssec, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update opendnssec
This command will update opendnssec 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 opendnssec when using the -y flag.
yum info opendnssec
This command will show you core information about the opendnssec package.
yum deplist opendnssec
This command will show you the dependencies for opendnssec. 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 opendnssec
This command will check if there is an update waiting on opendnssec. 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.