Information about the package, perl-String-Similarity, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-String-Similarity package is designed for, Calculates the similarity of two strings.
Package Name:
perl-String-Similarity
Summary:
Calculates the similarity of two strings
Description:
The similarity function calculates the similarity index of its two arguments. A value of 0 means that the strings are entirely different. A value of 1 means that the strings are identical. Everything else lies between 0 and 1 and describes the amount of similarity between the strings.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.04
Release:
8.el6
Size:
22 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the perl-String-Similarity package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-String-Similarity
This command will install perl-String-Similarity on the server.
yum remove perl-String-Similarity
This command will un-install perl-String-Similarity on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-String-Similarity, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-String-Similarity
This command will un-install perl-String-Similarity 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-Similarity when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-String-Similarity
This command will update perl-String-Similarity to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-String-Similarity, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-String-Similarity
This command will update perl-String-Similarity 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-Similarity when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-String-Similarity
This command will show you core information about the perl-String-Similarity package.
yum deplist perl-String-Similarity
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-String-Similarity. 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-Similarity
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-String-Similarity. 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.