yum-transaction-json

Show pending YUM upgrades and installs as a JSON data structure.

Installation

First install the required dependencies

yum install python-simplejson

Then copy the plugin and its config to the correct locations

cp transaction-json.py /usr/lib/yum-plugins/

cp transaction-json.conf /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/transaction-json.conf

Once installed (and a configfile with enabled is added) run with

 $ yum -q update --json


{
    "NetworkManager": {
        "pending": {
            "arch": "x86_64",
            "epoch": "1",
            "release": "29.el7_2",
            "state": "u",
            "version": "1.0.6"
        }
    },
    "NetworkManager-libnm": {
        "pending": {
            "arch": "x86_64",
            "epoch": "1",
            "release": "29.el7_2",
            "state": "u",
            "version": "1.0.6"
        }
    }
}

Packaging

If you want to build your own yum-transaction-json package then the yum-transaction-json fpm-cookery recipe is a quick way to get started.

Author

Dean Wilson