Information about the package, python-twitter, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-twitter package is designed for, A python wrapper around the Twitter API.
Package Name:
python-twitter
Summary:
A python wrapper around the Twitter API
Description:
This library provides a pure python interface for the Twitter API. Twitter (http://twitter.com) provides a service that allows people to connect via the web, IM, and SMS. Twitter exposes a web services API (http://twitter.com/help/api) and this library is intended to make it even easier for python programmers to use.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.6
Release:
3.el6
Size:
31 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
ASL 2.0
Control the python-twitter package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-twitter
This command will install python-twitter on the server.
yum remove python-twitter
This command will un-install python-twitter on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-twitter, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-twitter
This command will un-install python-twitter 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-twitter when using the -y flag.
yum update python-twitter
This command will update python-twitter to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-twitter, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-twitter
This command will update python-twitter 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-twitter when using the -y flag.
yum info python-twitter
This command will show you core information about the python-twitter package.
yum deplist python-twitter
This command will show you the dependencies for python-twitter. 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-twitter
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-twitter. 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.