Information about the package, tinc, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The tinc package is designed for, A virtual private network daemon.
Package Name:
tinc
Summary:
A virtual private network daemon
Description:
tinc is a Virtual Private Network (VPN) daemon that uses tunnelling and encryption to create a secure private network between hosts on the Internet. Because the tunnel appears to the IP level network code as a normal network device, there is no need to adapt any existing software. This tunnelling allows VPN sites to share information with each other over the Internet without exposing any information to others.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.0.24
Release:
1.el6
Size:
217 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the tinc package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install tinc
This command will install tinc on the server.
yum remove tinc
This command will un-install tinc on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tinc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove tinc
This command will un-install tinc 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 tinc when using the -y flag.
yum update tinc
This command will update tinc to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tinc, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update tinc
This command will update tinc 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 tinc when using the -y flag.
yum info tinc
This command will show you core information about the tinc package.
yum deplist tinc
This command will show you the dependencies for tinc. 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 tinc
This command will check if there is an update waiting on tinc. 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.