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h5py


Information about the package, h5py, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The h5py package is designed for, A Python interface to the HDF5 library.


Package Name:

h5py

Summary:

A Python interface to the HDF5 library

Description:

The h5py package provides both a high- and low-level interface to the HDF5 library from Python. The low-level interface is intended to be a complete wrapping of the HDF5 API, while the high-level component supports access to HDF5 files, data sets and groups using established Python and NumPy concepts. A strong emphasis on automatic conversion between Python (Numpy) data types and data structures and their HDF5 equivalents vastly simplifies the process of reading and writing data from Python.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

1.3.1

Release:

7.el6

Size:

649 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

BSD



Handy Yum Commands for h5py


Control the h5py package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install h5py

This command will install h5py on the server.

yum remove h5py

This command will un-install h5py on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove h5py, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove h5py

This command will un-install h5py 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 h5py when using the -y flag.

yum update h5py

This command will update h5py to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove h5py, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update h5py

This command will update h5py 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 h5py when using the -y flag.

yum info h5py

This command will show you core information about the h5py package.

yum deplist h5py

This command will show you the dependencies for h5py. 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 h5py

This command will check if there is an update waiting on h5py. 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.