Information about the package, openscap-python, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The openscap-python package is designed for, Python bindings for openscap.
Package Name:
openscap-python
Summary:
Python bindings for openscap
Description:
The openscap-python package contains the bindings so that openscap libraries can be used by python.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2.13
Release:
2.el6
Size:
276 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the openscap-python package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install openscap-python
This command will install openscap-python on the server.
yum remove openscap-python
This command will un-install openscap-python on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove openscap-python, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove openscap-python
This command will un-install openscap-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 openscap-python when using the -y flag.
yum update openscap-python
This command will update openscap-python to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove openscap-python, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update openscap-python
This command will update openscap-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 openscap-python when using the -y flag.
yum info openscap-python
This command will show you core information about the openscap-python package.
yum deplist openscap-python
This command will show you the dependencies for openscap-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 openscap-python
This command will check if there is an update waiting on openscap-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.