Information about the package, python-simplejson, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-simplejson package is designed for, Simple, fast, extensible JSON encoder/decoder for Python.
Package Name:
python-simplejson
Summary:
Simple, fast, extensible JSON encoder/decoder for Python
Description:
simplejson is a simple, fast, complete, correct and extensible JSON <http://json.org> encoder and decoder for Python 2.4+. It has no external dependencies. simplejson was formerly known as simple_json, but changed its name to comply with PEP 8 module naming guidelines. The encoder may be subclassed to provide serialization in any kind of situation, without any special support by the objects to be serialized (somewhat like pickle). The decoder can handle incoming JSON strings of any specified encoding (UTF-8 by default).
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.0.9
Release:
3.1.el6
Size:
126 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the python-simplejson package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-simplejson
This command will install python-simplejson on the server.
yum remove python-simplejson
This command will un-install python-simplejson on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-simplejson, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-simplejson
This command will un-install python-simplejson 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-simplejson when using the -y flag.
yum update python-simplejson
This command will update python-simplejson to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-simplejson, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-simplejson
This command will update python-simplejson 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-simplejson when using the -y flag.
yum info python-simplejson
This command will show you core information about the python-simplejson package.
yum deplist python-simplejson
This command will show you the dependencies for python-simplejson. 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-simplejson
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-simplejson. 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.