Information about the package, net-snmp-perl, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The net-snmp-perl package is designed for, The perl NET-SNMP module and the mib2c tool.
Package Name:
net-snmp-perl
Summary:
The perl NET-SNMP module and the mib2c tool
Description:
The net-snmp-perl package contains the perl files to use SNMP from within Perl. Install the net-snmp-perl package, if you want to use mib2c or SNMP with perl.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5.5
Release:
60.el6
Size:
325 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the net-snmp-perl package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install net-snmp-perl
This command will install net-snmp-perl on the server.
yum remove net-snmp-perl
This command will un-install net-snmp-perl on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove net-snmp-perl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove net-snmp-perl
This command will un-install net-snmp-perl 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 net-snmp-perl when using the -y flag.
yum update net-snmp-perl
This command will update net-snmp-perl to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove net-snmp-perl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update net-snmp-perl
This command will update net-snmp-perl 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 net-snmp-perl when using the -y flag.
yum info net-snmp-perl
This command will show you core information about the net-snmp-perl package.
yum deplist net-snmp-perl
This command will show you the dependencies for net-snmp-perl. 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 net-snmp-perl
This command will check if there is an update waiting on net-snmp-perl. 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.