How To Install mysql-connector-python on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install mysql-connector-python on CentOS 7. mysql-connector-python is MySQL Connector for Python 2

Introduction

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

What is mysql-connector-python

MySQL Connector/Python is implementing the MySQL Client/Server protocol completely in Python. No MySQL libraries are needed, and no compilation is necessary to run this Python DB API v2.0 compliant driver. Documentation http

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

Install mysql-connector-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 mysql-connector-python using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mysql-connector-python

Install mysql-connector-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 mysql-connector-python using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mysql-connector-python

How To Uninstall mysql-connector-python on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove mysql-connector-python

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Summary

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