Information about the package, perl-PDL, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-PDL package is designed for, The Perl Data Language.
Package Name:
perl-PDL
Summary:
The Perl Data Language
URL:
Description:
PDL ("Perl Data Language") gives standard Perl the ability to compactly store and speedily manipulate the large N-dimensional data arrays which are the bread and butter of scientific computing. PDL turns perl into a free, array-oriented, numerical language similar to such commercial packages as IDL and MatLab.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.4.7
Release:
1.el6.1
Size:
4.1 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-PDL package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-PDL
This command will install perl-PDL on the server.
yum remove perl-PDL
This command will un-install perl-PDL on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-PDL, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-PDL
This command will un-install perl-PDL 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-PDL when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-PDL
This command will update perl-PDL to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-PDL, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-PDL
This command will update perl-PDL 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-PDL when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-PDL
This command will show you core information about the perl-PDL package.
yum deplist perl-PDL
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-PDL. 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-PDL
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-PDL. 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.