How To Install pyephem on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyephem on CentOS 7. pyephem is The astronomy library for Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pyephem on CentOS 7.

What is pyephem

PyEphem provides scientific-grade astronomical computations for the Python programming language.

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

Install pyephem on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install pyephem using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pyephem

Install pyephem 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 pyephem using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pyephem

How To Uninstall pyephem on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the pyephem package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pyephem

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Summary

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