Information about the package, python-rosinstall, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-rosinstall package is designed for, ROS installation utilities.
Package Name:
python-rosinstall
Summary:
ROS installation utilities
Description:
rosinstall is a tool to check out ROS source code (or any source code, really) from multiple version control repositories and updating these checkouts. Given a *.rosinstall file that specifies where to get code, rosinstall will check out a working copy for you.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.7.7
Release:
1.el6
Size:
121 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the python-rosinstall package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-rosinstall
This command will install python-rosinstall on the server.
yum remove python-rosinstall
This command will un-install python-rosinstall on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-rosinstall, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-rosinstall
This command will un-install python-rosinstall 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-rosinstall when using the -y flag.
yum update python-rosinstall
This command will update python-rosinstall to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-rosinstall, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-rosinstall
This command will update python-rosinstall 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-rosinstall when using the -y flag.
yum info python-rosinstall
This command will show you core information about the python-rosinstall package.
yum deplist python-rosinstall
This command will show you the dependencies for python-rosinstall. 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-rosinstall
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-rosinstall. 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.