Information about the package, perl-homedir, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-homedir package is designed for, Per-user Perl local::lib setup.
Package Name:
perl-homedir
Summary:
Per-user Perl local::lib setup
Description:
perl-homedir configures the system to automatically create a ~/perl5 directory in each user's $HOME on user login. This allows each user to install and CPAN packages via the CPAN to their $HOME, with no additional configuration or privliges, and without installing them system-wide. If you want your users to be able to install and use their own Perl modules, install this package.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.006007
Release:
3.el6
Size:
5.9 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-homedir package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-homedir
This command will install perl-homedir on the server.
yum remove perl-homedir
This command will un-install perl-homedir on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-homedir, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-homedir
This command will un-install perl-homedir 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-homedir when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-homedir
This command will update perl-homedir to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-homedir, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-homedir
This command will update perl-homedir 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-homedir when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-homedir
This command will show you core information about the perl-homedir package.
yum deplist perl-homedir
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-homedir. 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-homedir
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-homedir. 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.