Information about the package, perl-Text-Diff, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Text-Diff package is designed for, Perform diffs on files and record sets.
Package Name:
perl-Text-Diff
Summary:
Perform diffs on files and record sets
Description:
Text::Diff provides a basic set of services akin to the GNU diff utility. It is not anywhere near as feature complete as GNU diff, but it is better integrated with Perl and available on all platforms. It is often faster than shelling out to a system's diff executable for small files, and generally slower on larger files.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.37
Release:
2.1.el6
Size:
26 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-Text-Diff package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-Text-Diff
This command will install perl-Text-Diff on the server.
yum remove perl-Text-Diff
This command will un-install perl-Text-Diff on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Text-Diff, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-Text-Diff
This command will un-install perl-Text-Diff 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-Text-Diff when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-Text-Diff
This command will update perl-Text-Diff to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Text-Diff, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-Text-Diff
This command will update perl-Text-Diff 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-Text-Diff when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-Text-Diff
This command will show you core information about the perl-Text-Diff package.
yum deplist perl-Text-Diff
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Text-Diff. 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-Text-Diff
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Text-Diff. 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.