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perl-Digest-MD4


Information about the package, perl-Digest-MD4, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Digest-MD4 package is designed for, Perl interface to the MD4 Algorithm.


Package Name:

perl-Digest-MD4

Summary:

Perl interface to the MD4 Algorithm

Description:

The Digest::MD4 module allows you to use the RSA Data Security Inc. MD4 Message Digest algorithm from within Perl programs. The algorithm takes as input a message of arbitrary length and produces as output a 128-bit "fingerprint" or "message digest" of the input.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.5

Release:

10.el6

Size:

31 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPL+ or Artistic



Handy Yum Commands for perl-Digest-MD4


Control the perl-Digest-MD4 package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install perl-Digest-MD4

This command will install perl-Digest-MD4 on the server.

yum remove perl-Digest-MD4

This command will un-install perl-Digest-MD4 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Digest-MD4, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove perl-Digest-MD4

This command will un-install perl-Digest-MD4 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-Digest-MD4 when using the -y flag.

yum update perl-Digest-MD4

This command will update perl-Digest-MD4 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Digest-MD4, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update perl-Digest-MD4

This command will update perl-Digest-MD4 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-Digest-MD4 when using the -y flag.

yum info perl-Digest-MD4

This command will show you core information about the perl-Digest-MD4 package.

yum deplist perl-Digest-MD4

This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Digest-MD4. 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-Digest-MD4

This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Digest-MD4. 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.