Information about the package, python-editdist, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-editdist package is designed for, CPython module to quickly calculate Levenshtein's edit distance.
Package Name:
python-editdist
Summary:
CPython module to quickly calculate Levenshtein's edit distance
Description:
"editdist" is a CPython module that calculates the Levenshtein edit distance between two strings.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.3
Release:
4.el6
Size:
8.3 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD and ISC
Control the python-editdist package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-editdist
This command will install python-editdist on the server.
yum remove python-editdist
This command will un-install python-editdist on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-editdist, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-editdist
This command will un-install python-editdist 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-editdist when using the -y flag.
yum update python-editdist
This command will update python-editdist to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-editdist, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-editdist
This command will update python-editdist 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-editdist when using the -y flag.
yum info python-editdist
This command will show you core information about the python-editdist package.
yum deplist python-editdist
This command will show you the dependencies for python-editdist. 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-editdist
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-editdist. 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.