Information about the package, numpy, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The numpy package is designed for, A fast multidimensional array facility for Python.
Package Name:
numpy
Summary:
A fast multidimensional array facility for Python
Description:
NumPy is a general-purpose array-processing package designed to efficiently manipulate large multi-dimensional arrays of arbitrary records without sacrificing too much speed for small multi-dimensional arrays. NumPy is built on the Numeric code base and adds features introduced by numarray as well as an extended C-API and the ability to create arrays of arbitrary type. There are also basic facilities for discrete fourier transform, basic linear algebra and random number generation. Also included in this package is a version of f2py that works properly with NumPy.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.4.1
Release:
9.el6
Size:
2.3 M
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the numpy package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install numpy
This command will install numpy on the server.
yum remove numpy
This command will un-install numpy on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove numpy, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove numpy
This command will un-install numpy 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 numpy when using the -y flag.
yum update numpy
This command will update numpy to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove numpy, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update numpy
This command will update numpy 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 numpy when using the -y flag.
yum info numpy
This command will show you core information about the numpy package.
yum deplist numpy
This command will show you the dependencies for numpy. 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 numpy
This command will check if there is an update waiting on numpy. 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.