Information about the package, perl-Linux-Pid, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Linux-Pid package is designed for, Get the native PID and the PPID on Linux.
Package Name:
perl-Linux-Pid
Summary:
Get the native PID and the PPID on Linux
Description:
Linux::Pid gets the native PID and the PPID on Linux. It's useful with multithreaded programs. Linux's C library returns different values of the PID and the PPID from different threads. This module forces Perl to call the underlying C functions getpid() and getppid().
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.04
Release:
8.el6
Size:
12 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-Linux-Pid package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-Linux-Pid
This command will install perl-Linux-Pid on the server.
yum remove perl-Linux-Pid
This command will un-install perl-Linux-Pid on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Linux-Pid, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-Linux-Pid
This command will un-install perl-Linux-Pid 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-Linux-Pid when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-Linux-Pid
This command will update perl-Linux-Pid to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Linux-Pid, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-Linux-Pid
This command will update perl-Linux-Pid 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-Linux-Pid when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-Linux-Pid
This command will show you core information about the perl-Linux-Pid package.
yum deplist perl-Linux-Pid
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Linux-Pid. 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-Linux-Pid
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Linux-Pid. 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.