How To Install pysubnettree on CentOS 8

pysubnettree is Python Module for CIDR Lookups

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pysubnettree on CentOS 8.

What is pysubnettree

The PySubnetTree package provides a Python data structure SubnetTree which maps subnets given in CIDR notation (incl. corresponding IPv6 versions) to Python objects. Lookups are performed by longest-prefix matching.

We can use yum or dnf to install pysubnettree on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pysubnettree.

Install pysubnettree on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install pysubnettree using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pysubnettree

Install pysubnettree on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install pysubnettree using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pysubnettree

How To Uninstall pysubnettree on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the pysubnettree package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pysubnettree

pysubnettree Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/3833450e5a63062b5d231d589409a003be7afb
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/SubnetTree.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_SubnetTree.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/SubnetTree.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/SubnetTree.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pysubnettree-0.33-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pysubnettree-0.33-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pysubnettree-0.33-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pysubnettree-0.33-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pysubnettree-0.33-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/share/doc/pysubnettree
/usr/share/doc/pysubnettree/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/pysubnettree/README
/usr/share/licenses/pysubnettree
/usr/share/licenses/pysubnettree/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pysubnettree on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.