Information about the package, perl-CPANPLUS, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-CPANPLUS package is designed for, API & CLI access to the CPAN mirrors.
Package Name:
perl-CPANPLUS
Summary:
API & CLI access to the CPAN mirrors
URL:
Description:
The CPANPLUS library is an API to the CPAN mirrors and a collection of interactive shells, commandline programs, etc, that use this API.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.88
Release:
144.el6
Size:
767 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-CPANPLUS package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-CPANPLUS
This command will install perl-CPANPLUS on the server.
yum remove perl-CPANPLUS
This command will un-install perl-CPANPLUS on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-CPANPLUS, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-CPANPLUS
This command will un-install perl-CPANPLUS 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-CPANPLUS when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-CPANPLUS
This command will update perl-CPANPLUS to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-CPANPLUS, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-CPANPLUS
This command will update perl-CPANPLUS 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-CPANPLUS when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-CPANPLUS
This command will show you core information about the perl-CPANPLUS package.
yum deplist perl-CPANPLUS
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-CPANPLUS. 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-CPANPLUS
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-CPANPLUS. 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.