Information about the package, libvirt-python, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The libvirt-python package is designed for, Python bindings for the libvirt library.
Package Name:
libvirt-python
Summary:
Python bindings for the libvirt library
URL:
Description:
The libvirt-python package contains a module that permits applications written in the Python programming language to use the interface supplied by the libvirt library to use the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.10.2
Release:
62.el6_9.1
Size:
505 k
Repository:
updates
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the libvirt-python package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install libvirt-python
This command will install libvirt-python on the server.
yum remove libvirt-python
This command will un-install libvirt-python on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libvirt-python, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove libvirt-python
This command will un-install libvirt-python 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 libvirt-python when using the -y flag.
yum update libvirt-python
This command will update libvirt-python to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove libvirt-python, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update libvirt-python
This command will update libvirt-python 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 libvirt-python when using the -y flag.
yum info libvirt-python
This command will show you core information about the libvirt-python package.
yum deplist libvirt-python
This command will show you the dependencies for libvirt-python. 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 libvirt-python
This command will check if there is an update waiting on libvirt-python. 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.