Information about the package, perl-String-Format, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-String-Format package is designed for, Sprintf-like string formatting capabilities with arbitrary format.
Package Name:
perl-String-Format
Summary:
Sprintf-like string formatting capabilities with arbitrary format
Description:
String::Format lets you define arbitrary printf-like format sequences to be expanded. This module would be most useful in configuration files and reporting tools, where the results of a query need to be formatted in a particular way.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.15
Release:
2.1.el6
Size:
12 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the perl-String-Format package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-String-Format
This command will install perl-String-Format on the server.
yum remove perl-String-Format
This command will un-install perl-String-Format on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-String-Format, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-String-Format
This command will un-install perl-String-Format 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-String-Format when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-String-Format
This command will update perl-String-Format to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-String-Format, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-String-Format
This command will update perl-String-Format 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-String-Format when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-String-Format
This command will show you core information about the perl-String-Format package.
yum deplist perl-String-Format
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-String-Format. 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-String-Format
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-String-Format. 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.