Information about the package, perl-JSON, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-JSON package is designed for, Parse and convert to JSON (JavaScript Object Notation).
Package Name:
perl-JSON
Summary:
Parse and convert to JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)
Description:
This module converts between JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) and Perl data structure into each other. For JSON, see http://www.crockford.com/JSON/.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.15
Release:
5.el6
Size:
97 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-JSON package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-JSON
This command will install perl-JSON on the server.
yum remove perl-JSON
This command will un-install perl-JSON on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-JSON, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-JSON
This command will un-install perl-JSON 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-JSON when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-JSON
This command will update perl-JSON to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-JSON, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-JSON
This command will update perl-JSON 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-JSON when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-JSON
This command will show you core information about the perl-JSON package.
yum deplist perl-JSON
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-JSON. 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-JSON
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-JSON. 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.