Information about the package, perl-IO-Socket-SSL, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-IO-Socket-SSL package is designed for, Perl library for transparent SSL.
Package Name:
perl-IO-Socket-SSL
Summary:
Perl library for transparent SSL
Description:
This module is a true drop-in replacement for IO::Socket::INET that uses SSL to encrypt data before it is transferred to a remote server or client. IO::Socket::SSL supports all the extra features that one needs to write a full-featured SSL client or server application: multiple SSL contexts, cipher selection, certificate verification, and SSL version selection. As an extra bonus, it works perfectly with mod_perl.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.31
Release:
3.el6_8.2
Size:
146 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-IO-Socket-SSL package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-IO-Socket-SSL
This command will install perl-IO-Socket-SSL on the server.
yum remove perl-IO-Socket-SSL
This command will un-install perl-IO-Socket-SSL on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-IO-Socket-SSL, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-IO-Socket-SSL
This command will un-install perl-IO-Socket-SSL 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 perl-IO-Socket-SSL when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-IO-Socket-SSL
This command will update perl-IO-Socket-SSL to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-IO-Socket-SSL, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-IO-Socket-SSL
This command will update perl-IO-Socket-SSL 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 perl-IO-Socket-SSL when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-IO-Socket-SSL
This command will show you core information about the perl-IO-Socket-SSL package.
yum deplist perl-IO-Socket-SSL
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-IO-Socket-SSL. 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 perl-IO-Socket-SSL
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-IO-Socket-SSL. 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.