Information about the package, perl-Proc-PID-File, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Proc-PID-File package is designed for, Module to manage process id files.
Package Name:
perl-Proc-PID-File
Summary:
Module to manage process id files
Description:
This Perl module is useful for writers of daemons and other processes that need to tell whether they are already running, in order to prevent multiple process instances. The module accomplishes this via *nix-style I<pidfiles>, which are files that store a process identifier.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.27
Release:
1.el6
Size:
22 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the perl-Proc-PID-File package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-Proc-PID-File
This command will install perl-Proc-PID-File on the server.
yum remove perl-Proc-PID-File
This command will un-install perl-Proc-PID-File on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Proc-PID-File, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-Proc-PID-File
This command will un-install perl-Proc-PID-File 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-Proc-PID-File when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-Proc-PID-File
This command will update perl-Proc-PID-File to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Proc-PID-File, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-Proc-PID-File
This command will update perl-Proc-PID-File 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-Proc-PID-File when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-Proc-PID-File
This command will show you core information about the perl-Proc-PID-File package.
yum deplist perl-Proc-PID-File
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Proc-PID-File. 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-Proc-PID-File
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Proc-PID-File. 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.