Information about the package, python-appstream, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-appstream package is designed for, Parse AppStream files when you don't have libappstream-glib.
Package Name:
python-appstream
Summary:
Parse AppStream files when you don't have libappstream-glib
Description:
If you want to parse AppStream files in Python you probably should just install libappstream-glib, and use the GObjectIntrospection bindings for that. AppStreamGlib is a much better library than this and handles many more kinds of component. If AppStreamGlib is not available to you (e.g. you're trying to run in an OpenShift instance on RHEL 6.2), this project might be somewhat useful.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.8
Release:
1.el6
Size:
25 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the python-appstream package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-appstream
This command will install python-appstream on the server.
yum remove python-appstream
This command will un-install python-appstream on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-appstream, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-appstream
This command will un-install python-appstream 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-appstream when using the -y flag.
yum update python-appstream
This command will update python-appstream to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-appstream, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-appstream
This command will update python-appstream 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-appstream when using the -y flag.
yum info python-appstream
This command will show you core information about the python-appstream package.
yum deplist python-appstream
This command will show you the dependencies for python-appstream. 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-appstream
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-appstream. 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.