Information about the package, python-simplegeneric, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-simplegeneric package is designed for, Simple generic functions (similar to Python's own len(),.
Package Name:
python-simplegeneric
Summary:
Simple generic functions (similar to Python's own len(),
Description:
The simplegeneric module lets you define simple single-dispatch generic functions, akin to Python's built-in generic functions like len(), iter() and so on. However, instead of using specially-named methods, these generic functions use simple lookup tables, akin to those used by e.g. pickle.dump() and other generic functions found in the Python standard library.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.8
Release:
1.el6
Size:
11 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
Python or ZPLv2.1
Control the python-simplegeneric package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-simplegeneric
This command will install python-simplegeneric on the server.
yum remove python-simplegeneric
This command will un-install python-simplegeneric on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-simplegeneric, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-simplegeneric
This command will un-install python-simplegeneric 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-simplegeneric when using the -y flag.
yum update python-simplegeneric
This command will update python-simplegeneric to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-simplegeneric, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-simplegeneric
This command will update python-simplegeneric 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-simplegeneric when using the -y flag.
yum info python-simplegeneric
This command will show you core information about the python-simplegeneric package.
yum deplist python-simplegeneric
This command will show you the dependencies for python-simplegeneric. 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-simplegeneric
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-simplegeneric. 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.