Information about the package, pywbem, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pywbem package is designed for, Python WBEM Client and Provider Interface.
Package Name:
pywbem
Summary:
Python WBEM Client and Provider Interface
Description:
A Python library for making CIM (Common Information Model) operations over HTTP using the WBEM CIM-XML protocol. It is based on the idea that a good WBEM client should be easy to use and not necessarily require a large amount of programming knowledge. It is suitable for a large range of tasks from simply poking around to writing web and GUI applications. WBEM, or Web Based Enterprise Management is a manageability protocol, like SNMP, standardised by the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) available at http://www.dmtf.org/standards/wbem. It also provides a Python provider interface, and is the fastest and easiest way to write providers on the planet.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.7.0
Release:
4.el6
Size:
243 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2
Control the pywbem package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pywbem
This command will install pywbem on the server.
yum remove pywbem
This command will un-install pywbem on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pywbem, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pywbem
This command will un-install pywbem 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 pywbem when using the -y flag.
yum update pywbem
This command will update pywbem to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pywbem, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pywbem
This command will update pywbem 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 pywbem when using the -y flag.
yum info pywbem
This command will show you core information about the pywbem package.
yum deplist pywbem
This command will show you the dependencies for pywbem. 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 pywbem
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pywbem. 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.