Information about the package, python-xlrd, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python-xlrd package is designed for, Library to extract data from Microsoft Excel (tm) spreadsheet.
Package Name:
python-xlrd
Summary:
Library to extract data from Microsoft Excel (tm) spreadsheet
Description:
Extract data from new and old Excel spreadsheets on any platform. Pure Python (2.1 or later). Strong support for Excel dates. Unicode-aware.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.6.1
Release:
10.el6
Size:
154 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
BSD
Control the python-xlrd package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python-xlrd
This command will install python-xlrd on the server.
yum remove python-xlrd
This command will un-install python-xlrd on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-xlrd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python-xlrd
This command will un-install python-xlrd 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-xlrd when using the -y flag.
yum update python-xlrd
This command will update python-xlrd to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python-xlrd, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python-xlrd
This command will update python-xlrd 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-xlrd when using the -y flag.
yum info python-xlrd
This command will show you core information about the python-xlrd package.
yum deplist python-xlrd
This command will show you the dependencies for python-xlrd. 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-xlrd
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python-xlrd. 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.