Information about the package, perl-Package-Generator, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Package-Generator package is designed for, Generate new packages quickly and easily.
Package Name:
perl-Package-Generator
Summary:
Generate new packages quickly and easily
Description:
This module lets you quickly and easily construct new packages. It gives them unused names and sets up their package data, if provided.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.103
Release:
2.el6
Size:
15 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-Package-Generator package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-Package-Generator
This command will install perl-Package-Generator on the server.
yum remove perl-Package-Generator
This command will un-install perl-Package-Generator on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Package-Generator, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-Package-Generator
This command will un-install perl-Package-Generator 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-Package-Generator when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-Package-Generator
This command will update perl-Package-Generator to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Package-Generator, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-Package-Generator
This command will update perl-Package-Generator 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-Package-Generator when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-Package-Generator
This command will show you core information about the perl-Package-Generator package.
yum deplist perl-Package-Generator
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Package-Generator. 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-Package-Generator
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Package-Generator. 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.