Information about the package, ssdeep, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ssdeep package is designed for, Compute context triggered piecewise hashes.
Package Name:
ssdeep
Summary:
Compute context triggered piecewise hashes
Description:
ssdeep is a program for computing context triggered piecewise hashes (CTPH). Also called fuzzy hashes, CTPH can match inputs that have homologies. Such inputs have sequences of identical bytes in the same order, although bytes in between these sequences may be different in both content and length.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.14.1
Release:
1.el6
Size:
22 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the ssdeep package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ssdeep
This command will install ssdeep on the server.
yum remove ssdeep
This command will un-install ssdeep on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ssdeep, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ssdeep
This command will un-install ssdeep 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 ssdeep when using the -y flag.
yum update ssdeep
This command will update ssdeep to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ssdeep, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ssdeep
This command will update ssdeep 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 ssdeep when using the -y flag.
yum info ssdeep
This command will show you core information about the ssdeep package.
yum deplist ssdeep
This command will show you the dependencies for ssdeep. 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 ssdeep
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ssdeep. 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.