Information about the package, ftplib, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ftplib package is designed for, Library of FTP routines.
Package Name:
ftplib
Summary:
Library of FTP routines
Description:
ftplib is a set of routines that implement the FTP protocol. They allow applications to create and access remote files through function calls instead of needing to fork and exec an interactive ftp client program.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.1
Release:
6.el6
Size:
16 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the ftplib package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ftplib
This command will install ftplib on the server.
yum remove ftplib
This command will un-install ftplib on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ftplib, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ftplib
This command will un-install ftplib 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 ftplib when using the -y flag.
yum update ftplib
This command will update ftplib to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ftplib, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ftplib
This command will update ftplib 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 ftplib when using the -y flag.
yum info ftplib
This command will show you core information about the ftplib package.
yum deplist ftplib
This command will show you the dependencies for ftplib. 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 ftplib
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ftplib. 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.