Information about the package, python-libs, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-libs package is designed for, Runtime libraries for Python.
Package Name:
python-libs
Summary:
Runtime libraries for Python
Description:
This package contains runtime libraries for use by Python: - the libpython dynamic library, for use by applications that embed Python as a scripting language, and by the main "python" executable - the Python standard library
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.6.6
Release:
66.el6_8
Size:
22 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
Python
Control the python-libs package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-libs
This command will install python-libs on the server.
yum remove python-libs
This command will un-install python-libs on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-libs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-libs
This command will un-install python-libs 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-libs when using the -y flag.
yum update python-libs
This command will update python-libs to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-libs, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-libs
This command will update python-libs 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-libs when using the -y flag.
yum info python-libs
This command will show you core information about the python-libs package.
yum deplist python-libs
This command will show you the dependencies for python-libs. 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-libs
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-libs. 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.