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perl-Cairo


Information about the package, perl-Cairo, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Cairo package is designed for, Perl interface to the cairo library.


Package Name:

perl-Cairo

Summary:

Perl interface to the cairo library

Description:

Cairo provides Perl bindings for the vector graphics library cairo. It supports multiple output targets, including the X Window Systems, PDF, and PNG. Cairo produces identical output on all those targets and makes use of hardware acceleration wherever possible.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.062

Release:

1.el6

Size:

107 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for perl-Cairo


Control the perl-Cairo package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install perl-Cairo

This command will install perl-Cairo on the server.

yum remove perl-Cairo

This command will un-install perl-Cairo on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Cairo, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove perl-Cairo

This command will un-install perl-Cairo 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-Cairo when using the -y flag.

yum update perl-Cairo

This command will update perl-Cairo to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Cairo, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update perl-Cairo

This command will update perl-Cairo 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-Cairo when using the -y flag.

yum info perl-Cairo

This command will show you core information about the perl-Cairo package.

yum deplist perl-Cairo

This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Cairo. 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-Cairo

This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Cairo. 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.