How To Install ansible-python3 on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ansible-python3 on CentOS 7. ansible-python3 is SSH-based configuration management, deployment, and task execution

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ansible-python3 on CentOS 7.

What is ansible-python3

Ansible is a radically simple model-driven configuration management, multi-node deployment, and remote task execution system. Ansible works over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed on remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and are transferred to managed machines automatically.  This package installs versions of ansible that execute on Python3.  

We can use yum or dnf to install ansible-python3 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ansible-python3.

Install ansible-python3 on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install ansible-python3 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ansible-python3

Install ansible-python3 on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install ansible-python3 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ansible-python3

How To Uninstall ansible-python3 on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the ansible-python3 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ansible-python3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ansible-python3 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.