Information about the package, python-utmp, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-utmp package is designed for, Python modules for umtp records.
Package Name:
python-utmp
Summary:
Python modules for umtp records
Description:
python-utmp consists of three modules, providing access to utmp records. It is quite difficult to access utmp record portably, because every UNIX has different structure of utmp files. Currently, python-utmp works on platforms which provide getutent, getutid, getutline, pututline, setutent, endutent and utmpname functions (such as GNU systems (Linux and hurd) and System V unices) and on BSD systems using simple utmp structure.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.8
Release:
2.el6
Size:
16 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
Copyright only
Control the python-utmp package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-utmp
This command will install python-utmp on the server.
yum remove python-utmp
This command will un-install python-utmp on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-utmp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-utmp
This command will un-install python-utmp 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-utmp when using the -y flag.
yum update python-utmp
This command will update python-utmp to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-utmp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-utmp
This command will update python-utmp 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-utmp when using the -y flag.
yum info python-utmp
This command will show you core information about the python-utmp package.
yum deplist python-utmp
This command will show you the dependencies for python-utmp. 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-utmp
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-utmp. 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.