Information about the package, openvpn, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The openvpn package is designed for, A full-featured SSL VPN solution.
Package Name:
openvpn
Summary:
A full-featured SSL VPN solution
Description:
OpenVPN is a robust and highly flexible tunneling application that uses all of the encryption, authentication, and certification features of the OpenSSL library to securely tunnel IP networks over a single UDP or TCP port. It can use the Marcus Franz Xaver Johannes Oberhumers LZO library for compression.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.4.6
Release:
1.el6
Size:
492 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the openvpn package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install openvpn
This command will install openvpn on the server.
yum remove openvpn
This command will un-install openvpn on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove openvpn, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove openvpn
This command will un-install openvpn 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 when using the -y flag.
yum update openvpn
This command will update openvpn to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove openvpn, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update openvpn
This command will update openvpn 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 when using the -y flag.
yum info openvpn
This command will show you core information about the openvpn package.
yum deplist openvpn
This command will show you the dependencies for openvpn. 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
This command will check if there is an update waiting on openvpn. 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.