How To Install python-which.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-which.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. python-which.noarch is Small which replacement that can be used as a Python module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-which.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `python-which.noarch`

which.py is a small which replacement. It has the following features * it can print all matches on the PATH; * it can note “near misses” on the PATH (e.g. files that match but may not, say, have execute permissions); and * it can be used as a Python module.

We can use yum to install python-which.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-which.noarch.

Install python-which.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python-which.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python-which.noarch

How To Uninstall python-which.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the python-which.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove python-which.noarch

python-which.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/which-python
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/which-1.1.0-py2.7.egg-info
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/which.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/which.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/which.pyo
/usr/share/doc/python-which-1.1.0
/usr/share/doc/python-which-1.1.0/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/doc/python-which-1.1.0/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/python-which-1.1.0/TODO.txt

References

python-which.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-which.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.