Information about the package, perl-Net-Telnet, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Net-Telnet package is designed for, Net-Telnet Perl module.
Package Name:
perl-Net-Telnet
Summary:
Net-Telnet Perl module
Description:
Net::Telnet allows you to make client connections to a TCP port and do network I/O, especially to a port using the TELNET protocol. Simple I/O methods such as print, get, and getline are provided. More sophisticated interactive features are provided because connecting to a TELNET port ultimately means communicating with a program designed for human interaction. These interactive features include the ability to specify a time-out and to wait for patterns to appear in the input stream, such as the prompt from a shell.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
3.03
Release:
11.el6
Size:
56 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-Net-Telnet package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-Net-Telnet
This command will install perl-Net-Telnet on the server.
yum remove perl-Net-Telnet
This command will un-install perl-Net-Telnet on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Net-Telnet, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-Net-Telnet
This command will un-install perl-Net-Telnet 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-Net-Telnet when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-Net-Telnet
This command will update perl-Net-Telnet to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Net-Telnet, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-Net-Telnet
This command will update perl-Net-Telnet 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-Net-Telnet when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-Net-Telnet
This command will show you core information about the perl-Net-Telnet package.
yum deplist perl-Net-Telnet
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Net-Telnet. 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-Net-Telnet
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Net-Telnet. 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.