Information about the package, perl-DateTime, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-DateTime package is designed for, Date and time objects.
Package Name:
perl-DateTime
Summary:
Date and time objects
Description:
DateTime is a class for the representation of date/time combinations, and is part of the Perl DateTime project. For details on this project please see http://datetime.perl.org/. The DateTime site has a FAQ which may help answer many "how do I do X?" questions. The FAQ is at http://datetime.perl.org/?FAQ.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.5300
Release:
3.el6
Size:
2.0 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-DateTime package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-DateTime
This command will install perl-DateTime on the server.
yum remove perl-DateTime
This command will un-install perl-DateTime on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-DateTime, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-DateTime
This command will un-install perl-DateTime 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-DateTime when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-DateTime
This command will update perl-DateTime to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-DateTime, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-DateTime
This command will update perl-DateTime 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-DateTime when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-DateTime
This command will show you core information about the perl-DateTime package.
yum deplist perl-DateTime
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-DateTime. 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-DateTime
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-DateTime. 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.