Information about the package, perltidy, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perltidy package is designed for, Tool for indenting and reformatting Perl scripts.
Package Name:
perltidy
Summary:
Tool for indenting and reformatting Perl scripts
Description:
Perltidy is a Perl script which indents and reformats Perl scripts to make them easier to read. If you write Perl scripts, or spend much time reading them, you will probably find it useful. The formatting can be controlled with command line parameters. The default parameter settings approximately follow the suggestions in the Perl Style Guide. Perltidy can also output html of both pod and source code. Besides reformatting scripts, Perltidy can be a great help in tracking down errors with missing or extra braces, parentheses, and square brackets because it is very good at localizing errors.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
20090616
Release:
2.1.el6
Size:
357 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the perltidy package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perltidy
This command will install perltidy on the server.
yum remove perltidy
This command will un-install perltidy on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perltidy, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perltidy
This command will un-install perltidy 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 perltidy when using the -y flag.
yum update perltidy
This command will update perltidy to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perltidy, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perltidy
This command will update perltidy 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 perltidy when using the -y flag.
yum info perltidy
This command will show you core information about the perltidy package.
yum deplist perltidy
This command will show you the dependencies for perltidy. 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 perltidy
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perltidy. 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.