Information about the package, python2-pyyaml, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python2-pyyaml package is designed for, Dummy package depending on python-pyyaml.
Package Name:
python2-pyyaml
Summary:
Dummy package depending on python-pyyaml
Description:
This package exists only to allow packagers to uniformly depend on python2-pyyaml instead of conditionalizing those dependencies based on the version of EPEL or Fedora. It contains no files.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
3.10
Release:
0.el6
Size:
2.9 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
Public Domain
Control the python2-pyyaml package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python2-pyyaml
This command will install python2-pyyaml on the server.
yum remove python2-pyyaml
This command will un-install python2-pyyaml on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python2-pyyaml, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python2-pyyaml
This command will un-install python2-pyyaml 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-pyyaml when using the -y flag.
yum update python2-pyyaml
This command will update python2-pyyaml to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python2-pyyaml, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python2-pyyaml
This command will update python2-pyyaml 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-pyyaml when using the -y flag.
yum info python2-pyyaml
This command will show you core information about the python2-pyyaml package.
yum deplist python2-pyyaml
This command will show you the dependencies for python2-pyyaml. 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-pyyaml
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python2-pyyaml. 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.