How To Install gamin-python on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gamin-python on CentOS 7.

What is gamin-python

The gamin-python package contains a module that allow monitoring of files and directories from the Python language based on the support of the gamin package.

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

Install gamin-python on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install gamin-python

Install gamin-python 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 gamin-python using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gamin-python

How To Uninstall gamin-python on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the gamin-python package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gamin-python

References

• gamin-python website

Summary

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