How To Install pylibacl on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install pylibacl on CentOS 7. pylibacl is POSIX.1e ACLs library wrapper for python

Introduction

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

What is pylibacl

Python extension module for POSIX ACLs. It allows to query, list, add and remove ACLs from files and directories.

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

Install pylibacl on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install pylibacl

Install pylibacl 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 pylibacl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pylibacl

How To Uninstall pylibacl on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove pylibacl

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Summary

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