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yapet


Information about the package, yapet, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The yapet package is designed for, Yet Another Password Encryption Tool.


Package Name:

yapet

Summary:

Yet Another Password Encryption Tool

Description:

YAPET is a text based password manager using the Blowfish encryption algorithm. Because of its small footprint and very few library dependencies, it is suited for installing on desktop and server systems alike.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.1

Release:

2.el6

Size:

277 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv3+ with exceptions



Handy Yum Commands for yapet


Control the yapet package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install yapet

This command will install yapet on the server.

yum remove yapet

This command will un-install yapet on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove yapet, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove yapet

This command will un-install yapet 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 yapet when using the -y flag.

yum update yapet

This command will update yapet to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove yapet, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update yapet

This command will update yapet 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 yapet when using the -y flag.

yum info yapet

This command will show you core information about the yapet package.

yum deplist yapet

This command will show you the dependencies for yapet. 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 yapet

This command will check if there is an update waiting on yapet. 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.