Information about the package, socket_wrapper, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The socket_wrapper package is designed for, A library passing all socket communications through Unix sockets.
Package Name:
socket_wrapper
Summary:
A library passing all socket communications through Unix sockets
URL:
Description:
socket_wrapper aims to help client/server software development teams willing to gain full functional test coverage. It makes it possible to run several instances of the full software stack on the same machine and perform locally functional testing of complex network configurations. To use it set the following environment variables: LD_PRELOAD=libsocket_wrapper.so SOCKET_WRAPPER_DIR=/path/to/swrap_dir This package doesn't have a devel package because this project is for development/testing.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.1.5
Release:
1.el6
Size:
30 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the socket_wrapper package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install socket_wrapper
This command will install socket_wrapper on the server.
yum remove socket_wrapper
This command will un-install socket_wrapper on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove socket_wrapper, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove socket_wrapper
This command will un-install socket_wrapper 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 socket_wrapper when using the -y flag.
yum update socket_wrapper
This command will update socket_wrapper to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove socket_wrapper, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update socket_wrapper
This command will update socket_wrapper 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 socket_wrapper when using the -y flag.
yum info socket_wrapper
This command will show you core information about the socket_wrapper package.
yum deplist socket_wrapper
This command will show you the dependencies for socket_wrapper. 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 socket_wrapper
This command will check if there is an update waiting on socket_wrapper. 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.