Information about the package, ssss, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ssss package is designed for, Shamir's secret sharing scheme.
Package Name:
ssss
Summary:
Shamir's secret sharing scheme
Description:
ssss is an implementation of Shamir's secret sharing scheme. ssss does both: the generation of shares for a known secret and the reconstruction of a secret using user provided shares.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.5
Release:
6.el6
Size:
27 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the ssss package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ssss
This command will install ssss on the server.
yum remove ssss
This command will un-install ssss on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ssss, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ssss
This command will un-install ssss 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 ssss when using the -y flag.
yum update ssss
This command will update ssss to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ssss, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ssss
This command will update ssss 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 ssss when using the -y flag.
yum info ssss
This command will show you core information about the ssss package.
yum deplist ssss
This command will show you the dependencies for ssss. 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 ssss
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ssss. 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.