Information about the package, perl-YAML, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-YAML package is designed for, YAML Ain't Markup Language (tm).
Package Name:
perl-YAML
Summary:
YAML Ain't Markup Language (tm)
Description:
The YAML.pm module implements a YAML Loader and Dumper based on the YAML 1.0 specification. http://www.yaml.org/spec/ YAML is a generic data serialization language that is optimized for human readability. It can be used to express the data structures of most modern programming languages, including Perl. For information on the YAML syntax, please refer to the YAML specification.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.70
Release:
4.el6
Size:
81 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-YAML package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-YAML
This command will install perl-YAML on the server.
yum remove perl-YAML
This command will un-install perl-YAML on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-YAML, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-YAML
This command will un-install perl-YAML 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-YAML when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-YAML
This command will update perl-YAML to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-YAML, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-YAML
This command will update perl-YAML 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-YAML when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-YAML
This command will show you core information about the perl-YAML package.
yum deplist perl-YAML
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-YAML. 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-YAML
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-YAML. 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.