Information about the package, perl-libwww-perl, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-libwww-perl package is designed for, A Perl interface to the World-Wide Web.
Package Name:
perl-libwww-perl
Summary:
A Perl interface to the World-Wide Web
Description:
The libwww-perl collection is a set of Perl modules which provides a simple and consistent application programming interface to the World-Wide Web. The main focus of the library is to provide classes and functions that allow you to write WWW clients. The library also contain modules that are of more general use and even classes that help you implement simple HTTP servers.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
5.833
Release:
5.el6
Size:
882 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
base
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-libwww-perl package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-libwww-perl
This command will install perl-libwww-perl on the server.
yum remove perl-libwww-perl
This command will un-install perl-libwww-perl on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-libwww-perl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-libwww-perl
This command will un-install perl-libwww-perl 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-libwww-perl when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-libwww-perl
This command will update perl-libwww-perl to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-libwww-perl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-libwww-perl
This command will update perl-libwww-perl 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-libwww-perl when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-libwww-perl
This command will show you core information about the perl-libwww-perl package.
yum deplist perl-libwww-perl
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-libwww-perl. 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-libwww-perl
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-libwww-perl. 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.