Information about the package, python2-mwclient, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python2-mwclient package is designed for, Mwclient is a client to the MediaWiki API.
Package Name:
python2-mwclient
Summary:
Mwclient is a client to the MediaWiki API
Description:
mwclient is a lightweight Python client library to the MediaWiki API which provides access to most API functionality. This is the Python 2 build of mwclient.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.8.1
Release:
2.el6
Size:
53 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the python2-mwclient package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python2-mwclient
This command will install python2-mwclient on the server.
yum remove python2-mwclient
This command will un-install python2-mwclient on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python2-mwclient, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python2-mwclient
This command will un-install python2-mwclient 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 python2-mwclient when using the -y flag.
yum update python2-mwclient
This command will update python2-mwclient to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python2-mwclient, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python2-mwclient
This command will update python2-mwclient 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 python2-mwclient when using the -y flag.
yum info python2-mwclient
This command will show you core information about the python2-mwclient package.
yum deplist python2-mwclient
This command will show you the dependencies for python2-mwclient. 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 python2-mwclient
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python2-mwclient. 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.