Information about the package, python-netifaces, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-netifaces package is designed for, Python library to retrieve information about network interfaces.
Package Name:
python-netifaces
Summary:
Python library to retrieve information about network interfaces
Description:
This package provides a cross platform API for getting address information from network interfaces.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.5
Release:
1.el6
Size:
12 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the python-netifaces package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-netifaces
This command will install python-netifaces on the server.
yum remove python-netifaces
This command will un-install python-netifaces on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-netifaces, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-netifaces
This command will un-install python-netifaces 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-netifaces when using the -y flag.
yum update python-netifaces
This command will update python-netifaces to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-netifaces, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-netifaces
This command will update python-netifaces 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-netifaces when using the -y flag.
yum info python-netifaces
This command will show you core information about the python-netifaces package.
yum deplist python-netifaces
This command will show you the dependencies for python-netifaces. 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-netifaces
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-netifaces. 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.