Information about the package, mysql-connector-python, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The mysql-connector-python package is designed for, MySQL Connector for Python 2.
Package Name:
mysql-connector-python
Summary:
MySQL Connector for Python 2
Description:
MySQL Connector/Python is implementing the MySQL Client/Server protocol completely in Python. No MySQL libraries are needed, and no compilation is necessary to run this Python DB API v2.0 compliant driver. Documentation: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/index.html
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.1.6
Release:
1.el6
Size:
159 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 with exceptions
Control the mysql-connector-python package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install mysql-connector-python
This command will install mysql-connector-python on the server.
yum remove mysql-connector-python
This command will un-install mysql-connector-python on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mysql-connector-python, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove mysql-connector-python
This command will un-install mysql-connector-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 mysql-connector-python when using the -y flag.
yum update mysql-connector-python
This command will update mysql-connector-python to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove mysql-connector-python, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update mysql-connector-python
This command will update mysql-connector-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 mysql-connector-python when using the -y flag.
yum info mysql-connector-python
This command will show you core information about the mysql-connector-python package.
yum deplist mysql-connector-python
This command will show you the dependencies for mysql-connector-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 mysql-connector-python
This command will check if there is an update waiting on mysql-connector-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.