Information about the package, pidgin-perl, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pidgin-perl package is designed for, Perl scripting support for Pidgin.
Package Name:
pidgin-perl
Summary:
Perl scripting support for Pidgin
URL:
Description:
Perl plugin loader for Pidgin. This package will allow you to write or use Pidgin plugins written in the Perl programming language.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.7.9
Release:
28.el6
Size:
79 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ and GPLv2 and MIT
Control the pidgin-perl package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pidgin-perl
This command will install pidgin-perl on the server.
yum remove pidgin-perl
This command will un-install pidgin-perl on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pidgin-perl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pidgin-perl
This command will un-install pidgin-perl 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 pidgin-perl when using the -y flag.
yum update pidgin-perl
This command will update pidgin-perl to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pidgin-perl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pidgin-perl
This command will update pidgin-perl 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 pidgin-perl when using the -y flag.
yum info pidgin-perl
This command will show you core information about the pidgin-perl package.
yum deplist pidgin-perl
This command will show you the dependencies for pidgin-perl. 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 pidgin-perl
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pidgin-perl. 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.