Information about the package, ntp-perl, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ntp-perl package is designed for, NTP utilities written in perl.
Package Name:
ntp-perl
Summary:
NTP utilities written in perl
URL:
Description:
This package contains perl scripts ntp-wait and ntptrace.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
4.2.6p5
Release:
12.el6.centos.2
Size:
31 k
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
(MIT and BSD and BSD with advertising) and GPLv2
Control the ntp-perl package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ntp-perl
This command will install ntp-perl on the server.
yum remove ntp-perl
This command will un-install ntp-perl on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ntp-perl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ntp-perl
This command will un-install ntp-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 ntp-perl when using the -y flag.
yum update ntp-perl
This command will update ntp-perl to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ntp-perl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ntp-perl
This command will update ntp-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 ntp-perl when using the -y flag.
yum info ntp-perl
This command will show you core information about the ntp-perl package.
yum deplist ntp-perl
This command will show you the dependencies for ntp-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 ntp-perl
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ntp-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.