Information about the package, perl-interpreter, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-interpreter package is designed for, Standalone executable Perl interpreter.
Package Name:
perl-interpreter
Summary:
Standalone executable Perl interpreter
Description:
This is a Perl interpreter as a standalone executable /usr/bin/perl required for handling Perl scripts. It does not provide all the other Perl modules or tools. This is a dummy package for compatibility with Fedora source packages. The Perl interpreter is provided by perl package. See <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/perl_Package_to_Install_Core_Modules> and <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1410347>.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
5.10.1
Release:
5.el6
Size:
3.2 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+
Control the perl-interpreter package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-interpreter
This command will install perl-interpreter on the server.
yum remove perl-interpreter
This command will un-install perl-interpreter on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-interpreter, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-interpreter
This command will un-install perl-interpreter 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-interpreter when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-interpreter
This command will update perl-interpreter to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-interpreter, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-interpreter
This command will update perl-interpreter 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-interpreter when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-interpreter
This command will show you core information about the perl-interpreter package.
yum deplist perl-interpreter
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-interpreter. 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-interpreter
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-interpreter. 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.