Information about the package, perl-MD5, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-MD5 package is designed for, Perl interface to the MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm.
Package Name:
perl-MD5
Summary:
Perl interface to the MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm
Description:
This module (MD5.pm) is just a thin wrapper around the Digest::MD5 module. It is provided so that legacy code that rely on the old interface continue to work with the speed benefit of the new module.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.03
Release:
14.el6
Size:
8.9 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-MD5 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-MD5
This command will install perl-MD5 on the server.
yum remove perl-MD5
This command will un-install perl-MD5 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-MD5, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-MD5
This command will un-install perl-MD5 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-MD5 when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-MD5
This command will update perl-MD5 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-MD5, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-MD5
This command will update perl-MD5 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-MD5 when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-MD5
This command will show you core information about the perl-MD5 package.
yum deplist perl-MD5
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-MD5. 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-MD5
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-MD5. 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.