Information about the package, perl-Device-SerialPort, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Device-SerialPort package is designed for, Linux/POSIX emulation of Win32::SerialPort functions.
Package Name:
perl-Device-SerialPort
Summary:
Linux/POSIX emulation of Win32::SerialPort functions
Description:
This module provides an object-based user interface essentially identical to the one provided by the Win32::SerialPort module.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.04
Release:
5.el6
Size:
64 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-Device-SerialPort package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-Device-SerialPort
This command will install perl-Device-SerialPort on the server.
yum remove perl-Device-SerialPort
This command will un-install perl-Device-SerialPort on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Device-SerialPort, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-Device-SerialPort
This command will un-install perl-Device-SerialPort 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-Device-SerialPort when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-Device-SerialPort
This command will update perl-Device-SerialPort to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Device-SerialPort, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-Device-SerialPort
This command will update perl-Device-SerialPort 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-Device-SerialPort when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-Device-SerialPort
This command will show you core information about the perl-Device-SerialPort package.
yum deplist perl-Device-SerialPort
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Device-SerialPort. 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-Device-SerialPort
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Device-SerialPort. 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.