Information about the package, perl-PerlIO-gzip, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-PerlIO-gzip package is designed for, Perl extension to provide a PerlIO layer to gzip/gunzip.
Package Name:
perl-PerlIO-gzip
Summary:
Perl extension to provide a PerlIO layer to gzip/gunzip
Description:
PerlIO::gzip provides a PerlIO layer that manipulates files in the format used by the gzip program. Compression and decompression are implemented. This is akin to Compress::Zlib, except that it operates at the lower PerlIO layer.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.18
Release:
6.el6
Size:
24 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-PerlIO-gzip package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-PerlIO-gzip
This command will install perl-PerlIO-gzip on the server.
yum remove perl-PerlIO-gzip
This command will un-install perl-PerlIO-gzip on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-PerlIO-gzip, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-PerlIO-gzip
This command will un-install perl-PerlIO-gzip 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-PerlIO-gzip when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-PerlIO-gzip
This command will update perl-PerlIO-gzip to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-PerlIO-gzip, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-PerlIO-gzip
This command will update perl-PerlIO-gzip 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-PerlIO-gzip when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-PerlIO-gzip
This command will show you core information about the perl-PerlIO-gzip package.
yum deplist perl-PerlIO-gzip
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-PerlIO-gzip. 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-PerlIO-gzip
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-PerlIO-gzip. 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.