Information about the package, python-nltk, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-nltk package is designed for, Natural Language Toolkit.
Package Name:
python-nltk
Summary:
Natural Language Toolkit
URL:
Description:
NLTK is a Python package that simplifies the construction of programs that process natural language; and defines standard interfaces between the different components of an NLP system. It was designed primarily to help teach graduate and undergraduate students about computational linguistics; but it is also useful as a framework for implementing research projects.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.0.4
Release:
2.el6.1
Size:
1.7 M
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
ASL 2.0
Control the python-nltk package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-nltk
This command will install python-nltk on the server.
yum remove python-nltk
This command will un-install python-nltk on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-nltk, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-nltk
This command will un-install python-nltk 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-nltk when using the -y flag.
yum update python-nltk
This command will update python-nltk to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-nltk, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-nltk
This command will update python-nltk 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-nltk when using the -y flag.
yum info python-nltk
This command will show you core information about the python-nltk package.
yum deplist python-nltk
This command will show you the dependencies for python-nltk. 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-nltk
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-nltk. 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.