Information about the package, vanessa_socket, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The vanessa_socket package is designed for, Simplify TCP/IP socket operations.
Package Name:
vanessa_socket
Summary:
Simplify TCP/IP socket operations
Description:
Library to simplify TCP/IP socket operations. Includes code to open a socket to a server as a client, to listen on socket for clients as a server and to pipe information between sockets.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.0.12
Release:
1.el6
Size:
26 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the vanessa_socket package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install vanessa_socket
This command will install vanessa_socket on the server.
yum remove vanessa_socket
This command will un-install vanessa_socket on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vanessa_socket, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove vanessa_socket
This command will un-install vanessa_socket 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 vanessa_socket when using the -y flag.
yum update vanessa_socket
This command will update vanessa_socket to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove vanessa_socket, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update vanessa_socket
This command will update vanessa_socket 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 vanessa_socket when using the -y flag.
yum info vanessa_socket
This command will show you core information about the vanessa_socket package.
yum deplist vanessa_socket
This command will show you the dependencies for vanessa_socket. 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 vanessa_socket
This command will check if there is an update waiting on vanessa_socket. 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.