Information about the package, python-debian, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-debian package is designed for, Modules for Debian-related data formats.
Package Name:
python-debian
Summary:
Modules for Debian-related data formats
Description:
This package provides Python modules that abstract many formats of Debian related files. Currently handled are: * Debtags information (debian.debtags module) * debian/changelog (debian.changelog module) * Packages files, pdiffs (debian.debian_support module) * Control files of single or multiple RFC822-style paragraphs, e.g. debian/control, .changes, .dsc, Packages, Sources, Release, etc. (debian.deb822 module) * Raw .deb and .ar files, with (read-only) access to contained files and meta-information
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.1.27
Release:
3.el6
Size:
93 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+ and GPLv3+
Control the python-debian package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-debian
This command will install python-debian on the server.
yum remove python-debian
This command will un-install python-debian on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-debian, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-debian
This command will un-install python-debian 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 python-debian when using the -y flag.
yum update python-debian
This command will update python-debian to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-debian, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-debian
This command will update python-debian 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 python-debian when using the -y flag.
yum info python-debian
This command will show you core information about the python-debian package.
yum deplist python-debian
This command will show you the dependencies for python-debian. 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 python-debian
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-debian. 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.