Information about the package, mapserver-python, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The mapserver-python package is designed for, Python/Mapscript map making extensions to Python.
Package Name:
mapserver-python
Summary:
Python/Mapscript map making extensions to Python
Description:
The Python/Mapscript extension provides full map customization capabilities within the Python programming language.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
6.0.4
Release:
1.el6
Size:
193 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the mapserver-python package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install mapserver-python
This command will install mapserver-python on the server.
yum remove mapserver-python
This command will un-install mapserver-python on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mapserver-python, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove mapserver-python
This command will un-install mapserver-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 mapserver-python when using the -y flag.
yum update mapserver-python
This command will update mapserver-python to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mapserver-python, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update mapserver-python
This command will update mapserver-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 mapserver-python when using the -y flag.
yum info mapserver-python
This command will show you core information about the mapserver-python package.
yum deplist mapserver-python
This command will show you the dependencies for mapserver-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 mapserver-python
This command will check if there is an update waiting on mapserver-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.