Information about the package, python2-filelock, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The python2-filelock package is designed for, A platform independent file lock.
Package Name:
python2-filelock
Summary:
A platform independent file lock
Description:
This package contains a single module, which implements a platform independent file locking mechanism for Python. The lock includes a lock counter and is thread safe. This means, when locking the same lock object twice, it will not block.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2.0.8
Release:
1.el6
Size:
15 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
Unlicense
Control the python2-filelock package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install python2-filelock
This command will install python2-filelock on the server.
yum remove python2-filelock
This command will un-install python2-filelock on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python2-filelock, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove python2-filelock
This command will un-install python2-filelock 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 python2-filelock when using the -y flag.
yum update python2-filelock
This command will update python2-filelock to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove python2-filelock, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update python2-filelock
This command will update python2-filelock 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 python2-filelock when using the -y flag.
yum info python2-filelock
This command will show you core information about the python2-filelock package.
yum deplist python2-filelock
This command will show you the dependencies for python2-filelock. 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 python2-filelock
This command will check if there is an update waiting on python2-filelock. 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.