Information about the package, openssl-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The openssl-devel package is designed for, Files for development of applications which will use OpenSSL.
Package Name:
openssl-devel
Summary:
Files for development of applications which will use OpenSSL
Description:
OpenSSL is a toolkit for supporting cryptography. The openssl-devel package contains include files needed to develop applications which support various cryptographic algorithms and protocols.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.0.1e
Release:
57.el6
Size:
2.2 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
OpenSSL
Control the openssl-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install openssl-devel
This command will install openssl-devel on the server.
yum remove openssl-devel
This command will un-install openssl-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove openssl-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove openssl-devel
This command will un-install openssl-devel 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 openssl-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update openssl-devel
This command will update openssl-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove openssl-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update openssl-devel
This command will update openssl-devel 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 openssl-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info openssl-devel
This command will show you core information about the openssl-devel package.
yum deplist openssl-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for openssl-devel. 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 openssl-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on openssl-devel. 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.