Information about the package, perl-Math-GMP, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Math-GMP package is designed for, High speed arbitrary size integer math.
Package Name:
perl-Math-GMP
Summary:
High speed arbitrary size integer math
Description:
Math::GMP was designed to be a drop-in replacement both for Math::BigInt and for regular integer arithmetic. Unlike BigInt, though, Math::GMP uses the GNU gmp library for all of its calculations, as opposed to straight Perl functions. This can result in speed improvements.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.06
Release:
5.el6
Size:
28 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the perl-Math-GMP package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-Math-GMP
This command will install perl-Math-GMP on the server.
yum remove perl-Math-GMP
This command will un-install perl-Math-GMP on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Math-GMP, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-Math-GMP
This command will un-install perl-Math-GMP 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-Math-GMP when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-Math-GMP
This command will update perl-Math-GMP to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Math-GMP, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-Math-GMP
This command will update perl-Math-GMP 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-Math-GMP when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-Math-GMP
This command will show you core information about the perl-Math-GMP package.
yum deplist perl-Math-GMP
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Math-GMP. 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-Math-GMP
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Math-GMP. 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.