Information about the package, fipscheck, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The fipscheck package is designed for, A library for integrity verification of FIPS validated modules.
Package Name:
fipscheck
Summary:
A library for integrity verification of FIPS validated modules
Description:
FIPSCheck is a library for integrity verification of FIPS validated modules. The package also provides helper binaries for creation and verification of the HMAC-SHA256 checksum files.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2.0
Release:
7.el6
Size:
28 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
anaconda-CentOS-201303020151.x86_64
Licence:
BSD
Control the fipscheck package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install fipscheck
This command will install fipscheck on the server.
yum remove fipscheck
This command will un-install fipscheck on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fipscheck, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove fipscheck
This command will un-install fipscheck 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 fipscheck when using the -y flag.
yum update fipscheck
This command will update fipscheck to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove fipscheck, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update fipscheck
This command will update fipscheck 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 fipscheck when using the -y flag.
yum info fipscheck
This command will show you core information about the fipscheck package.
yum deplist fipscheck
This command will show you the dependencies for fipscheck. 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 fipscheck
This command will check if there is an update waiting on fipscheck. 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.