Information about the package, perl-Socket-GetAddrInfo, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Socket-GetAddrInfo package is designed for, RFC 2553's "getaddrinfo" and "getnameinfo" functions.
Package Name:
perl-Socket-GetAddrInfo
Summary:
RFC 2553's "getaddrinfo" and "getnameinfo" functions
Description:
The RFC 2553 functions getaddrinfo and getnameinfo provide an abstracted way to convert between a pair of host name/service name and socket addresses, or vice versa. getaddrinfo converts names into a set of arguments to pass to the socket() and connect() syscalls, and getnameinfo converts a socket address back into its host name/service name pair.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.12
Release:
1.el6
Size:
31 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-Socket-GetAddrInfo package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-Socket-GetAddrInfo
This command will install perl-Socket-GetAddrInfo on the server.
yum remove perl-Socket-GetAddrInfo
This command will un-install perl-Socket-GetAddrInfo on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Socket-GetAddrInfo, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-Socket-GetAddrInfo
This command will un-install perl-Socket-GetAddrInfo 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-Socket-GetAddrInfo when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-Socket-GetAddrInfo
This command will update perl-Socket-GetAddrInfo to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Socket-GetAddrInfo, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-Socket-GetAddrInfo
This command will update perl-Socket-GetAddrInfo 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-Socket-GetAddrInfo when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-Socket-GetAddrInfo
This command will show you core information about the perl-Socket-GetAddrInfo package.
yum deplist perl-Socket-GetAddrInfo
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Socket-GetAddrInfo. 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-Socket-GetAddrInfo
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Socket-GetAddrInfo. 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.