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dpm-python


Information about the package, dpm-python, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The dpm-python package is designed for, Disk Pool Manager (DPM) python bindings.


Package Name:

dpm-python

Summary:

Disk Pool Manager (DPM) python bindings

Description:

The LCG Disk Pool Manager (DPM) creates a storage element from a set of disks. It provides several interfaces for storing and retrieving data such as RFIO and SRM version 1, version 2 and version 2.2. This package provides Python bindings for the DPM client library.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.9.2

Release:

1.el6

Size:

217 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

ASL 2.0



Handy Yum Commands for dpm-python


Control the dpm-python package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install dpm-python

This command will install dpm-python on the server.

yum remove dpm-python

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

yum -y remove dpm-python

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

yum update dpm-python

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

yum -y update dpm-python

This command will update dpm-python 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 dpm-python when using the -y flag.

yum info dpm-python

This command will show you core information about the dpm-python package.

yum deplist dpm-python

This command will show you the dependencies for dpm-python. 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 dpm-python

This command will check if there is an update waiting on dpm-python. 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.