Information about the package, gdal-python, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The gdal-python package is designed for, Python modules for the GDAL file format library.
Package Name:
gdal-python
Summary:
Python modules for the GDAL file format library
URL:
Description:
The GDAL python modules provides support to handle multiple GIS file formats.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.7.3
Release:
15.el6
Size:
310 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the gdal-python package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install gdal-python
This command will install gdal-python on the server.
yum remove gdal-python
This command will un-install gdal-python on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gdal-python, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove gdal-python
This command will un-install gdal-python 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 gdal-python when using the -y flag.
yum update gdal-python
This command will update gdal-python to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove gdal-python, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update gdal-python
This command will update gdal-python 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 gdal-python when using the -y flag.
yum info gdal-python
This command will show you core information about the gdal-python package.
yum deplist gdal-python
This command will show you the dependencies for gdal-python. 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 gdal-python
This command will check if there is an update waiting on gdal-python. 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.