Information about the package, perl-WWW-Mechanize, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-WWW-Mechanize package is designed for, Automates web page form & link interaction.
Package Name:
perl-WWW-Mechanize
Summary:
Automates web page form & link interaction
Description:
"WWW::Mechanize", or Mech for short, helps you automate interaction with a website. It supports performing a sequence of page fetches including following links and submitting forms. Each fetched page is parsed and its links and forms are extracted. A link or a form can be selected, form fields can be filled and the next page can be fetched. Mech also stores a history of the URLs you've visited, which can be queried and revisited.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.62
Release:
2.el6
Size:
144 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-WWW-Mechanize package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-WWW-Mechanize
This command will install perl-WWW-Mechanize on the server.
yum remove perl-WWW-Mechanize
This command will un-install perl-WWW-Mechanize on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-WWW-Mechanize, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-WWW-Mechanize
This command will un-install perl-WWW-Mechanize 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-WWW-Mechanize when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-WWW-Mechanize
This command will update perl-WWW-Mechanize to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-WWW-Mechanize, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-WWW-Mechanize
This command will update perl-WWW-Mechanize 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-WWW-Mechanize when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-WWW-Mechanize
This command will show you core information about the perl-WWW-Mechanize package.
yum deplist perl-WWW-Mechanize
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-WWW-Mechanize. 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-WWW-Mechanize
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-WWW-Mechanize. 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.