Information about the package, parrot, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The parrot package is designed for, A virtual machine.
Package Name:
parrot
Summary:
A virtual machine
Description:
Parrot is a virtual machine designed to efficiently compile and execute bytecode for dynamic languages. Parrot is the target for Rakudo Perl 6, as well as variety of other languages.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.3.0
Release:
1.el6
Size:
1.4 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
Artistic 2.0
Control the parrot package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install parrot
This command will install parrot on the server.
yum remove parrot
This command will un-install parrot on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove parrot, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove parrot
This command will un-install parrot 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 parrot when using the -y flag.
yum update parrot
This command will update parrot to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove parrot, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update parrot
This command will update parrot 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 parrot when using the -y flag.
yum info parrot
This command will show you core information about the parrot package.
yum deplist parrot
This command will show you the dependencies for parrot. 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 parrot
This command will check if there is an update waiting on parrot. 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.