Information about the package, perl-SOCKS, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-SOCKS package is designed for, SOCKS Perl module.
Package Name:
perl-SOCKS
Summary:
SOCKS Perl module
Description:
This is a SOCKS client module that can communicate with SOCKS v4 and v5 servers. It currently allows you to make outgoing and incoming TCP connections. UDP is not yet supported and is first on the TODO list. Included in this distribution is a sample program called "example" to show you how to use this module. Net::SOCKS documentation is available on your system by doing a "perldoc Net::SOCKS".
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.03
Release:
1.el6
Size:
17 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-SOCKS package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-SOCKS
This command will install perl-SOCKS on the server.
yum remove perl-SOCKS
This command will un-install perl-SOCKS on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-SOCKS, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-SOCKS
This command will un-install perl-SOCKS 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-SOCKS when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-SOCKS
This command will update perl-SOCKS to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-SOCKS, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-SOCKS
This command will update perl-SOCKS 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-SOCKS when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-SOCKS
This command will show you core information about the perl-SOCKS package.
yum deplist perl-SOCKS
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-SOCKS. 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-SOCKS
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-SOCKS. 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.