Information about the package, python27-devel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python27-devel package is designed for, The libraries and header files needed for Python development.
Package Name:
python27-devel
Summary:
The libraries and header files needed for Python development
Description:
The Python programming language's interpreter can be extended with dynamically loaded extensions and can be embedded in other programs. This package contains the header files and libraries needed to do these types of tasks. Install python-devel if you want to develop Python extensions. The python package will also need to be installed. You'll probably also want to install the python-docs package, which contains Python documentation.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.7.14
Release:
1.ius.el6
Size:
1.1 M
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
ius
Licence:
Python
Control the python27-devel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python27-devel
This command will install python27-devel on the server.
yum remove python27-devel
This command will un-install python27-devel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python27-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python27-devel
This command will un-install python27-devel 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 python27-devel when using the -y flag.
yum update python27-devel
This command will update python27-devel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python27-devel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python27-devel
This command will update python27-devel 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 python27-devel when using the -y flag.
yum info python27-devel
This command will show you core information about the python27-devel package.
yum deplist python27-devel
This command will show you the dependencies for python27-devel. 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 python27-devel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python27-devel. 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.