Information about the package, python-vcstools, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-vcstools package is designed for, Version Control System tools for Python.
Package Name:
python-vcstools
Summary:
Version Control System tools for Python
Description:
The vcstools module provides a Python API for interacting with different version control systems (VCS/SCMs). The VcsClient class provides an API for seamless interacting with Git, Mercurial (Hg), Bzr and SVN. The focus of the API is manipulating on-disk checkouts of source-controlled trees. Its main use is to support the rosinstall tool.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.1.38
Release:
1.el6
Size:
127 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the python-vcstools package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-vcstools
This command will install python-vcstools on the server.
yum remove python-vcstools
This command will un-install python-vcstools on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-vcstools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-vcstools
This command will un-install python-vcstools 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-vcstools when using the -y flag.
yum update python-vcstools
This command will update python-vcstools to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-vcstools, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-vcstools
This command will update python-vcstools 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-vcstools when using the -y flag.
yum info python-vcstools
This command will show you core information about the python-vcstools package.
yum deplist python-vcstools
This command will show you the dependencies for python-vcstools. 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-vcstools
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-vcstools. 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.