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perl-MIME-Types


Information about the package, perl-MIME-Types, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-MIME-Types package is designed for, MIME types module for Perl.


Package Name:

perl-MIME-Types

Summary:

MIME types module for Perl

Description:

MIME types are used in MIME compliant lines, for instance as part of e-mail and HTTP traffic, to indicate the type of content which is transmitted. Sometimes real knowledge about a mime-type is need. This module maintains a set of MIME::Type objects, which each describe one known mime type. There are many types defined by RFCs and vendors, so the list is long but not complete. Please don't hestitate to ask to add additional information.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

1.28

Release:

2.el6

Size:

32 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

GPL+ or Artistic



Handy Yum Commands for perl-MIME-Types


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install perl-MIME-Types

This command will install perl-MIME-Types on the server.

yum remove perl-MIME-Types

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

yum -y remove perl-MIME-Types

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

yum update perl-MIME-Types

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

yum -y update perl-MIME-Types

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

yum info perl-MIME-Types

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

yum deplist perl-MIME-Types

This command will show you the dependencies for perl-MIME-Types. 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-MIME-Types

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