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perl-Net-SNMP


Information about the package, perl-Net-SNMP, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Net-SNMP package is designed for, Object oriented interface to SNMP.


Package Name:

perl-Net-SNMP

Summary:

Object oriented interface to SNMP

Description:

The Net::SNMP module implements an object oriented interface to the Simple Network Management Protocol. Perl applications can use the module to retrieve or update information on a remote host using the SNMP protocol. The module supports SNMP version-1, SNMP version-2c (Community-Based SNMPv2), and SNMP version-3. The Net::SNMP module assumes that the user has a basic understanding of the Simple Network Management Protocol and related network management concepts.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

5.2.0

Release:

4.el6

Size:

100 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPL+ or Artistic



Handy Yum Commands for perl-Net-SNMP


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install perl-Net-SNMP

This command will install perl-Net-SNMP on the server.

yum remove perl-Net-SNMP

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

yum -y remove perl-Net-SNMP

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

yum update perl-Net-SNMP

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

yum -y update perl-Net-SNMP

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

yum info perl-Net-SNMP

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

yum deplist perl-Net-SNMP

This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Net-SNMP. 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-Net-SNMP

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