Information about the package, libssh2, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libssh2 package is designed for, A library implementing the SSH2 protocol.
Package Name:
libssh2
Summary:
A library implementing the SSH2 protocol
Description:
libssh2 is a library implementing the SSH2 protocol as defined by Internet Drafts: SECSH-TRANS(22), SECSH-USERAUTH(25), SECSH-CONNECTION(23), SECSH-ARCH(20), SECSH-FILEXFER(06)*, SECSH-DHGEX(04), and SECSH-NUMBERS(10).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.4.2
Release:
2.el6_7.1
Size:
318 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
BSD
Control the libssh2 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libssh2
This command will install libssh2 on the server.
yum remove libssh2
This command will un-install libssh2 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libssh2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libssh2
This command will un-install libssh2 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 libssh2 when using the -y flag.
yum update libssh2
This command will update libssh2 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libssh2, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libssh2
This command will update libssh2 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 libssh2 when using the -y flag.
yum info libssh2
This command will show you core information about the libssh2 package.
yum deplist libssh2
This command will show you the dependencies for libssh2. 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 libssh2
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libssh2. 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.