Information about the package, perl-Sort-Versions, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-Sort-Versions package is designed for, Perl module for sorting of revision-like numbers.
Package Name:
perl-Sort-Versions
Summary:
Perl module for sorting of revision-like numbers
Description:
A perl 5 module for sorting of revision-like numbers Sort::Versions allows easy sorting of mixed non-numeric and numeric strings, like the 'version numbers' that many shared library systems and revision control packages use. This is quite useful if you are trying to deal with shared libraries. It can also be applied to applications that intersperse variable-width numeric fields within text. Other applications can undoubtedly be found.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.5
Release:
12.el6
Size:
12 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-Sort-Versions package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-Sort-Versions
This command will install perl-Sort-Versions on the server.
yum remove perl-Sort-Versions
This command will un-install perl-Sort-Versions on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Sort-Versions, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-Sort-Versions
This command will un-install perl-Sort-Versions 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-Sort-Versions when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-Sort-Versions
This command will update perl-Sort-Versions to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-Sort-Versions, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-Sort-Versions
This command will update perl-Sort-Versions 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-Sort-Versions when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-Sort-Versions
This command will show you core information about the perl-Sort-Versions package.
yum deplist perl-Sort-Versions
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-Sort-Versions. 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-Sort-Versions
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-Sort-Versions. 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.