Information about the package, pykickstart, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pykickstart package is designed for, A python library for manipulating kickstart files.
Package Name:
pykickstart
Summary:
A python library for manipulating kickstart files
Description:
The pykickstart package is a python library for manipulating kickstart files.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
1.74.22
Release:
1.el6
Size:
314 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2
Control the pykickstart package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pykickstart
This command will install pykickstart on the server.
yum remove pykickstart
This command will un-install pykickstart on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pykickstart, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pykickstart
This command will un-install pykickstart 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 pykickstart when using the -y flag.
yum update pykickstart
This command will update pykickstart to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pykickstart, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pykickstart
This command will update pykickstart 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 pykickstart when using the -y flag.
yum info pykickstart
This command will show you core information about the pykickstart package.
yum deplist pykickstart
This command will show you the dependencies for pykickstart. 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 pykickstart
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pykickstart. 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.