Information about the package, openvas-client, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The openvas-client package is designed for, Client component of Open Vulnerability Assessment (OpenVAS).
Package Name:
openvas-client
Summary:
Client component of Open Vulnerability Assessment (OpenVAS)
Description:
OpenVAS-Client is a client component that is used to access and control OpenVAS server. It is also used to perform analysis task of results provided by the server component.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.0.0
Release:
8.el6
Size:
314 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 and GPLv2+
Control the openvas-client package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install openvas-client
This command will install openvas-client on the server.
yum remove openvas-client
This command will un-install openvas-client on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove openvas-client, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove openvas-client
This command will un-install openvas-client 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 openvas-client when using the -y flag.
yum update openvas-client
This command will update openvas-client to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove openvas-client, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update openvas-client
This command will update openvas-client 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 openvas-client when using the -y flag.
yum info openvas-client
This command will show you core information about the openvas-client package.
yum deplist openvas-client
This command will show you the dependencies for openvas-client. 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 openvas-client
This command will check if there is an update waiting on openvas-client. 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.