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pyephem


Information about the package, pyephem, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pyephem package is designed for, The astronomy library for Python.


Package Name:

pyephem

Summary:

The astronomy library for Python

Description:

PyEphem provides scientific-grade astronomical computations for the Python programming language.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

3.7.3.4

Release:

1.el6

Size:

594 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

LGPLv3



Handy Yum Commands for pyephem


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


Command

Description of Command

yum install pyephem

This command will install pyephem on the server.

yum remove pyephem

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

yum -y remove pyephem

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

yum update pyephem

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

yum -y update pyephem

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

yum info pyephem

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

yum deplist pyephem

This command will show you the dependencies for pyephem. 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 pyephem

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