How To Install ipa-python-compat on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipa-python-compat on CentOS 7. ipa-python-compat is Compatiblity package for Python libraries used by IPA

Introduction

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

What is ipa-python-compat

IPA is an integrated solution to provide centrally managed Identity (users, hosts, services), Authentication (SSO, 2FA), and Authorization (host access control, SELinux user roles, services). The solution provides features for further integration with Linux based clients (SUDO, automount) and integration with Active Directory based infrastructures (Trusts). This is a compatibility package to accommodate ipa-python split into python2-ipalib and ipa-common. Packages still depending on ipa-python should be fixed to depend on python2-ipaclient or ipa-common instead.

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

Install ipa-python-compat on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install ipa-python-compat

Install ipa-python-compat 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 ipa-python-compat using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ipa-python-compat

How To Uninstall ipa-python-compat on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove ipa-python-compat

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Summary

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