Information about the package, openvpn-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The openvpn-devel package is designed for, Development headers and examples for OpenVPN plug-ins.
Package Name:
openvpn-devel
Summary:
Development headers and examples for OpenVPN plug-ins
Description:
OpenVPN can be extended through the --plugin option, which provides possibilities to add specialized authentication, user accounting, packet filtering and related features. These plug-ins need to be written in C and provides a more low-level and information rich access to similar features as the various script-hooks.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.4.6
Release:
1.el6
Size:
25 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the openvpn-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install openvpn-devel
This command will install openvpn-devel on the server.
yum remove openvpn-devel
This command will un-install openvpn-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove openvpn-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove openvpn-devel
This command will un-install openvpn-devel 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 openvpn-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update openvpn-devel
This command will update openvpn-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove openvpn-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update openvpn-devel
This command will update openvpn-devel 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 openvpn-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info openvpn-devel
This command will show you core information about the openvpn-devel package.
yum deplist openvpn-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for openvpn-devel. 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 openvpn-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on openvpn-devel. 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.