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python-docs


Information about the package, python-docs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-docs package is designed for, Documentation for the Python programming language.


Package Name:

python-docs

Summary:

Documentation for the Python programming language

Description:

The python-docs package contains documentation on the Python programming language and interpreter. Install the python-docs package if you'd like to use the documentation for the Python language.

Architecture:

noarch

Version:

2.6.6

Release:

2.el6

Size:

28 M

Repository:

installed

From Repository:

base

Licence:

Python



Handy Yum Commands for python-docs


Control the python-docs package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install python-docs

This command will install python-docs on the server.

yum remove python-docs

This command will un-install python-docs on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-docs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove python-docs

This command will un-install python-docs 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-docs when using the -y flag.

yum update python-docs

This command will update python-docs to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-docs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update python-docs

This command will update python-docs 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-docs when using the -y flag.

yum info python-docs

This command will show you core information about the python-docs package.

yum deplist python-docs

This command will show you the dependencies for python-docs. 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-docs

This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-docs. 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.