Information about the package, perl-Digest-SHA, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Digest-SHA package is designed for, Perl extension for SHA-1/224/256/384/512.
Package Name:
perl-Digest-SHA
Summary:
Perl extension for SHA-1/224/256/384/512
URL:
Description:
Digest::SHA is a complete implementation of the NIST Secure Hash Standard. It gives Perl programmers a convenient way to calculate SHA-1, SHA-224, SHA-256, SHA-384, and SHA-512 message digests. The module can handle all types of input, including partial-byte data.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5.47
Release:
144.el6
Size:
86 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-Digest-SHA package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-Digest-SHA
This command will install perl-Digest-SHA on the server.
yum remove perl-Digest-SHA
This command will un-install perl-Digest-SHA on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Digest-SHA, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-Digest-SHA
This command will un-install perl-Digest-SHA 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-Digest-SHA when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-Digest-SHA
This command will update perl-Digest-SHA to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Digest-SHA, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-Digest-SHA
This command will update perl-Digest-SHA 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-Digest-SHA when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-Digest-SHA
This command will show you core information about the perl-Digest-SHA package.
yum deplist perl-Digest-SHA
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Digest-SHA. 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-Digest-SHA
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Digest-SHA. 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.