install Install one, more, or all versions from a python-build-standalone release. update (or upgrade) Update one, more, or all versions to another release. remove (or uninstall) Remove/uninstall one, ...

If you are looking for something similar in other languages - check out siddontang/go-mysql (Go), noplay/python-mysql-replication (Python). You might need it for several reasons: you don't want to ...