Information about the package, python-daemon, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-daemon package is designed for, Library to implement a well-behaved Unix daemon process.
Package Name:
python-daemon
Summary:
Library to implement a well-behaved Unix daemon process
Description:
This library implements the well-behaved daemon specification of PEP 3143, "Standard daemon process library".
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.5.2
Release:
1.el6
Size:
27 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
Python
Control the python-daemon package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-daemon
This command will install python-daemon on the server.
yum remove python-daemon
This command will un-install python-daemon on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-daemon, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-daemon
This command will un-install python-daemon 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-daemon when using the -y flag.
yum update python-daemon
This command will update python-daemon to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-daemon, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-daemon
This command will update python-daemon 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-daemon when using the -y flag.
yum info python-daemon
This command will show you core information about the python-daemon package.
yum deplist python-daemon
This command will show you the dependencies for python-daemon. 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-daemon
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-daemon. 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.