Information about the package, perl-Test-Prereq, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Test-Prereq package is designed for, Check if Makefile.PL has the right pre-requisites.
Package Name:
perl-Test-Prereq
Summary:
Check if Makefile.PL has the right pre-requisites
Description:
The prereq_ok() function examines the modules it finds in blib/lib/, blib/script, and the test files it finds in t/ (and test.pl). It figures out which modules they use, skips the modules that are in the Perl core, and compares the remaining list of modules to those in the PREREQ_PM section of Makefile.PL.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.037
Release:
2.el6
Size:
18 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-Test-Prereq package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-Test-Prereq
This command will install perl-Test-Prereq on the server.
yum remove perl-Test-Prereq
This command will un-install perl-Test-Prereq on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Test-Prereq, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-Test-Prereq
This command will un-install perl-Test-Prereq 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-Test-Prereq when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-Test-Prereq
This command will update perl-Test-Prereq to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Test-Prereq, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-Test-Prereq
This command will update perl-Test-Prereq 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-Test-Prereq when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-Test-Prereq
This command will show you core information about the perl-Test-Prereq package.
yum deplist perl-Test-Prereq
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Test-Prereq. 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-Test-Prereq
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Test-Prereq. 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.