Information about the package, pl, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pl package is designed for, SWI-Prolog - Edinburgh compatible Prolog compiler.
Package Name:
pl
Summary:
SWI-Prolog - Edinburgh compatible Prolog compiler
Description:
ISO/Edinburgh-style Prolog compiler including modules, auto-load, libraries, Garbage-collector, stack-expandor, C/C++-interface, GNU-readline interface, very fast compiler. Including packages clib (Unix process control and sockets), cpp (C++ interface), sgml (reading XML/SGML), sgml/RDF (reading RDF into triples) and XPCE (Graphics UI toolkit, integrated editor (Emacs-clone) and source-level debugger).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5.7.11
Release:
6.el6
Size:
6.1 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
Artistic and LGPLv2 and GPLv2 and GPLv2+ and UCD and Public Domain
Control the pl package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pl
This command will install pl on the server.
yum remove pl
This command will un-install pl on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pl
This command will un-install pl 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 pl when using the -y flag.
yum update pl
This command will update pl to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pl
This command will update pl 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 pl when using the -y flag.
yum info pl
This command will show you core information about the pl package.
yum deplist pl
This command will show you the dependencies for pl. 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 pl
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pl. 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.