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perl-PDL


Information about the package, perl-PDL, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-PDL package is designed for, The Perl Data Language.


Package Name:

perl-PDL

Summary:

The Perl Data Language

Description:

PDL ("Perl Data Language") gives standard Perl the ability to compactly store and speedily manipulate the large N-dimensional data arrays which are the bread and butter of scientific computing. PDL turns perl into a free, array-oriented, numerical language similar to such commercial packages as IDL and MatLab.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.4.7

Release:

1.el6.1

Size:

4.1 M

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPL+ or Artistic



Handy Yum Commands for perl-PDL


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install perl-PDL

This command will install perl-PDL on the server.

yum remove perl-PDL

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

yum -y remove perl-PDL

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

yum update perl-PDL

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

yum -y update perl-PDL

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

yum info perl-PDL

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

yum deplist perl-PDL

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

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