How To Install net-snmp-python on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install net-snmp-python on CentOS 7.
What is net-snmp-python
The ’netsnmp’ module provides a full featured, tri-lingual SNMP (SNMPv3, SNMPv2c, SNMPv1) client API. The ’netsnmp’ module internals rely on the Net-SNMP toolkit library.
We can use yum or dnf to install net-snmp-python on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install net-snmp-python.
Install net-snmp-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 net-snmp-python using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install net-snmp-python
Install net-snmp-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 net-snmp-python using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install net-snmp-python
How To Uninstall net-snmp-python on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the net-snmp-python package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove net-snmp-python
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install net-snmp-python on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
