Information about the package, stunnel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The stunnel package is designed for, An SSL-encrypting socket wrapper.
Package Name:
stunnel
Summary:
An SSL-encrypting socket wrapper
Description:
Stunnel is a socket wrapper which can provide SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) support to ordinary applications. For example, it can be used in conjunction with imapd to create an SSL secure IMAP server.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.29
Release:
7.el6
Size:
259 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the stunnel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install stunnel
This command will install stunnel on the server.
yum remove stunnel
This command will un-install stunnel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove stunnel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove stunnel
This command will un-install stunnel 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 stunnel when using the -y flag.
yum update stunnel
This command will update stunnel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove stunnel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update stunnel
This command will update stunnel 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 stunnel when using the -y flag.
yum info stunnel
This command will show you core information about the stunnel package.
yum deplist stunnel
This command will show you the dependencies for stunnel. 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 stunnel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on stunnel. 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.