Information about the package, nss-tools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The nss-tools package is designed for, Tools for the Network Security Services.
Package Name:
nss-tools
Summary:
Tools for the Network Security Services
Description:
Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications. Applications built with NSS can support SSL v2 and v3, TLS, PKCS #5, PKCS #7, PKCS #11, PKCS #12, S/MIME, X.509 v3 certificates, and other security standards. Install the nss-tools package if you need command-line tools to manipulate the NSS certificate and key database.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.28.4
Release:
4.el6_9
Size:
1.9 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
MPLv2.0
Control the nss-tools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install nss-tools
This command will install nss-tools on the server.
yum remove nss-tools
This command will un-install nss-tools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nss-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove nss-tools
This command will un-install nss-tools 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 nss-tools when using the -y flag.
yum update nss-tools
This command will update nss-tools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove nss-tools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update nss-tools
This command will update nss-tools 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 nss-tools when using the -y flag.
yum info nss-tools
This command will show you core information about the nss-tools package.
yum deplist nss-tools
This command will show you the dependencies for nss-tools. 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 nss-tools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on nss-tools. 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.