Information about the package, pyfits, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pyfits package is designed for, Python interface to FITS.
Package Name:
pyfits
Summary:
Python interface to FITS
Description:
PyFITS provides an interface to FITS formatted files under the Python scripting language. It is useful both for interactive data analysis and for writing analysis scripts in Python using FITS files as either input or output.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.4.0
Release:
1.el6
Size:
298 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the pyfits package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pyfits
This command will install pyfits on the server.
yum remove pyfits
This command will un-install pyfits on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pyfits, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pyfits
This command will un-install pyfits 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 pyfits when using the -y flag.
yum update pyfits
This command will update pyfits to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pyfits, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pyfits
This command will update pyfits 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 pyfits when using the -y flag.
yum info pyfits
This command will show you core information about the pyfits package.
yum deplist pyfits
This command will show you the dependencies for pyfits. 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 pyfits
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pyfits. 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.