Information about the package, perl-String-Approx, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-String-Approx package is designed for, Perl extension for approximate matching (fuzzy matching).
Package Name:
perl-String-Approx
Summary:
Perl extension for approximate matching (fuzzy matching)
Description:
String::Approx lets you match and substitute strings approximately. With this you can emulate errors: typing errorrs, speling errors, closely related vocabularies (colour color), genetic mutations (GAG ACT), abbreviations (McScot, MacScot).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.26
Release:
7.el6
Size:
55 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+ or Artistic
Control the perl-String-Approx package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-String-Approx
This command will install perl-String-Approx on the server.
yum remove perl-String-Approx
This command will un-install perl-String-Approx on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-String-Approx, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-String-Approx
This command will un-install perl-String-Approx 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-String-Approx when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-String-Approx
This command will update perl-String-Approx to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-String-Approx, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-String-Approx
This command will update perl-String-Approx 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-String-Approx when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-String-Approx
This command will show you core information about the perl-String-Approx package.
yum deplist perl-String-Approx
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-String-Approx. 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-String-Approx
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-String-Approx. 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.