Information about the package, python-ldap, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-ldap package is designed for, An object-oriented API to access LDAP directory servers.
Package Name:
python-ldap
Summary:
An object-oriented API to access LDAP directory servers
Description:
python-ldap provides an object-oriented API for working with LDAP within Python programs. It allows access to LDAP directory servers by wrapping the OpenLDAP 2.x libraries, and contains modules for other LDAP-related tasks (including processing LDIF, LDAPURLs, LDAPv3 schema, etc.).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.3.10
Release:
1.el6
Size:
125 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
Python
Control the python-ldap package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-ldap
This command will install python-ldap on the server.
yum remove python-ldap
This command will un-install python-ldap on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-ldap, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-ldap
This command will un-install python-ldap 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-ldap when using the -y flag.
yum update python-ldap
This command will update python-ldap to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-ldap, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-ldap
This command will update python-ldap 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-ldap when using the -y flag.
yum info python-ldap
This command will show you core information about the python-ldap package.
yum deplist python-ldap
This command will show you the dependencies for python-ldap. 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-ldap
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-ldap. 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.