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pycairo


Information about the package, pycairo, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pycairo package is designed for, Python bindings for the cairo library.


Package Name:

pycairo

Summary:

Python bindings for the cairo library

Description:

Python bindings for the cairo library.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.8.6

Release:

2.1.el6

Size:

172 k

Repository:

base

From Repository:

Licence:

MPLv1.1 or LGPLv2



Handy Yum Commands for pycairo


Control the pycairo package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install pycairo

This command will install pycairo on the server.

yum remove pycairo

This command will un-install pycairo on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pycairo, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove pycairo

This command will un-install pycairo 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 pycairo when using the -y flag.

yum update pycairo

This command will update pycairo to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pycairo, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update pycairo

This command will update pycairo 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 pycairo when using the -y flag.

yum info pycairo

This command will show you core information about the pycairo package.

yum deplist pycairo

This command will show you the dependencies for pycairo. 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 pycairo

This command will check if there is an update waiting on pycairo. 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.