Information about the package, pyxattr, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pyxattr package is designed for, Extended attributes library wrapper for Python.
Package Name:
pyxattr
Summary:
Extended attributes library wrapper for Python
Description:
Python extension module wrapper for libattr. It allows to query, list, add and remove extended attributes from files and directories.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.5.0
Release:
1.el6
Size:
24 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
LGPLv2+
Control the pyxattr package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pyxattr
This command will install pyxattr on the server.
yum remove pyxattr
This command will un-install pyxattr on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pyxattr, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pyxattr
This command will un-install pyxattr 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 pyxattr when using the -y flag.
yum update pyxattr
This command will update pyxattr to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pyxattr, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pyxattr
This command will update pyxattr 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 pyxattr when using the -y flag.
yum info pyxattr
This command will show you core information about the pyxattr package.
yum deplist pyxattr
This command will show you the dependencies for pyxattr. 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 pyxattr
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pyxattr. 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.