Information about the package, tkinter, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The tkinter package is designed for, A graphical user interface for the Python scripting language.
Package Name:
tkinter
Summary:
A graphical user interface for the Python scripting language
Description:
The Tkinter (Tk interface) program is an graphical user interface for the Python scripting language. You should install the tkinter package if you'd like to use a graphical user interface for Python programming.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.6.6
Release:
66.el6_8
Size:
981 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
updates
Licence:
Python
Control the tkinter package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install tkinter
This command will install tkinter on the server.
yum remove tkinter
This command will un-install tkinter on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tkinter, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove tkinter
This command will un-install tkinter 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 tkinter when using the -y flag.
yum update tkinter
This command will update tkinter to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tkinter, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update tkinter
This command will update tkinter 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 tkinter when using the -y flag.
yum info tkinter
This command will show you core information about the tkinter package.
yum deplist tkinter
This command will show you the dependencies for tkinter. 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 tkinter
This command will check if there is an update waiting on tkinter. 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.