Information about the package, python-GeoIP, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-GeoIP package is designed for, Python bindings for the GeoIP geographical lookup libraries.
Package Name:
python-GeoIP
Summary:
Python bindings for the GeoIP geographical lookup libraries
Description:
This package contains the Python bindings for the GeoIP API, allowing IP to location lookups to country, city and organization level within Python code.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2.5
Release:
0.2.20090931cvs.el6
Size:
23 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the python-GeoIP package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-GeoIP
This command will install python-GeoIP on the server.
yum remove python-GeoIP
This command will un-install python-GeoIP on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-GeoIP, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-GeoIP
This command will un-install python-GeoIP 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-GeoIP when using the -y flag.
yum update python-GeoIP
This command will update python-GeoIP to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-GeoIP, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-GeoIP
This command will update python-GeoIP 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-GeoIP when using the -y flag.
yum info python-GeoIP
This command will show you core information about the python-GeoIP package.
yum deplist python-GeoIP
This command will show you the dependencies for python-GeoIP. 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-GeoIP
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-GeoIP. 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.