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perl-File-Which


Information about the package, perl-File-Which, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-File-Which package is designed for, Portable implementation of the 'which' utility.


Package Name:

perl-File-Which

Summary:

Portable implementation of the 'which' utility

Description:

File::Which is a portable implementation (in Perl) of 'which', and can be used to get the absolute filename of an executable program installed somewhere in your PATH, or just check for its existence. It includes the command-line utility 'pwhich' which has the same function as 'which'.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

1.09

Release:

2.el6

Size:

18 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPL+ or Artistic



Handy Yum Commands for perl-File-Which


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install perl-File-Which

This command will install perl-File-Which on the server.

yum remove perl-File-Which

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

yum -y remove perl-File-Which

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

yum update perl-File-Which

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

yum -y update perl-File-Which

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

yum info perl-File-Which

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

yum deplist perl-File-Which

This command will show you the dependencies for perl-File-Which. 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-File-Which

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