Information about the package, python-dmidecode, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-dmidecode package is designed for, Python module to access DMI data.
Package Name:
python-dmidecode
Summary:
Python module to access DMI data
Description:
python-dmidecode is a python extension module that uses the code-base of the 'dmidecode' utility, and presents the data as python data structures or as XML data using libxml2.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.10.15
Release:
1.el6
Size:
80 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the python-dmidecode package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-dmidecode
This command will install python-dmidecode on the server.
yum remove python-dmidecode
This command will un-install python-dmidecode on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-dmidecode, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-dmidecode
This command will un-install python-dmidecode 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 python-dmidecode when using the -y flag.
yum update python-dmidecode
This command will update python-dmidecode to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-dmidecode, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-dmidecode
This command will update python-dmidecode 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 python-dmidecode when using the -y flag.
yum info python-dmidecode
This command will show you core information about the python-dmidecode package.
yum deplist python-dmidecode
This command will show you the dependencies for python-dmidecode. 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 python-dmidecode
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-dmidecode. 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.