Information about the package, perl-File-DesktopEntry, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-File-DesktopEntry package is designed for, Object to handle .desktop files.
Package Name:
perl-File-DesktopEntry
Summary:
Object to handle .desktop files
Description:
This module is used to work with .desktop files. The format of these files is specified by the freedesktop "Desktop Entry" specification. This module can parse these files but also knows how to run the applications defined by these files. For this module version 1.0 of the specification was used.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.08
Release:
1.el6
Size:
22 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-File-DesktopEntry package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-File-DesktopEntry
This command will install perl-File-DesktopEntry on the server.
yum remove perl-File-DesktopEntry
This command will un-install perl-File-DesktopEntry on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-File-DesktopEntry, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-File-DesktopEntry
This command will un-install perl-File-DesktopEntry 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-File-DesktopEntry when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-File-DesktopEntry
This command will update perl-File-DesktopEntry to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-File-DesktopEntry, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-File-DesktopEntry
This command will update perl-File-DesktopEntry 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-File-DesktopEntry when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-File-DesktopEntry
This command will show you core information about the perl-File-DesktopEntry package.
yum deplist perl-File-DesktopEntry
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-File-DesktopEntry. 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-File-DesktopEntry
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-File-DesktopEntry. 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.