Information about the package, dpkg-perl, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dpkg-perl package is designed for, Dpkg perl modules.
Package Name:
dpkg-perl
Summary:
Dpkg perl modules
Description:
This package provides the perl modules used by the scripts in dpkg-dev. They cover a wide range of functionalities. Among them there are the following modules: - Dpkg::Arch: manipulate Debian architecture information - Dpkg::BuildOptions: parse and manipulate DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS - Dpkg::Changelog: parse Debian changelogs - Dpkg::Checksums: generate and parse checksums - Dpkg::Compression::Process: wrapper around compression tools - Dpkg::Compression::FileHandle: transparently (de)compress files - Dpkg::Control: parse and manipulate Debian control information (.dsc, .changes, Packages/Sources entries, etc.) - Dpkg::Deps: parse and manipulate dependencies - Dpkg::ErrorHandling: common error functions - Dpkg::Index: collections of Dpkg::Control (Packages/Sources files for example) - Dpkg::IPC: spawn sub-processes and feed/retrieve data - Dpkg::Substvars: substitute variables in strings - Dpkg::Vendor: identify current distribution vendor - Dpkg::Version: parse and manipulate Debian package versions
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.16.18
Release:
2.el6
Size:
293 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 and GPLv2+ and LGPLv2+ and Public Domain and BSD
Control the dpkg-perl package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install dpkg-perl
This command will install dpkg-perl on the server.
yum remove dpkg-perl
This command will un-install dpkg-perl on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dpkg-perl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove dpkg-perl
This command will un-install dpkg-perl 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 dpkg-perl when using the -y flag.
yum update dpkg-perl
This command will update dpkg-perl to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove dpkg-perl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update dpkg-perl
This command will update dpkg-perl 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 dpkg-perl when using the -y flag.
yum info dpkg-perl
This command will show you core information about the dpkg-perl package.
yum deplist dpkg-perl
This command will show you the dependencies for dpkg-perl. 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 dpkg-perl
This command will check if there is an update waiting on dpkg-perl. 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.