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perl-libs


Information about the package, perl-libs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-libs package is designed for, The libraries for the perl runtime.


Package Name:

perl-libs

Summary:

The libraries for the perl runtime

Description:

The libraries for the perl runtime

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

5.10.1

Release:

144.el6

Size:

1.4 M

Repository:

installed

From Repository:

base

Licence:

GPL+ or Artistic



Handy Yum Commands for perl-libs


Control the perl-libs package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install perl-libs

This command will install perl-libs on the server.

yum remove perl-libs

This command will un-install perl-libs on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-libs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove perl-libs

This command will un-install perl-libs 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-libs when using the -y flag.

yum update perl-libs

This command will update perl-libs to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-libs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update perl-libs

This command will update perl-libs 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-libs when using the -y flag.

yum info perl-libs

This command will show you core information about the perl-libs package.

yum deplist perl-libs

This command will show you the dependencies for perl-libs. 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-libs

This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-libs. 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.