How To Install python-Levenshtein on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-Levenshtein on CentOS 7.
What is python-Levenshtein
Levenshtein computes Levenshtein distances, similarity ratios, generalized medians and set medians of Strings and Unicodes. Because it’s implemented in C, it’s much faster than corresponding Python library functions and methods.
We can use yum or dnf to install python-Levenshtein on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-Levenshtein.
Install python-Levenshtein on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install python-Levenshtein using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python-Levenshtein
Install python-Levenshtein 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 python-Levenshtein using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python-Levenshtein
How To Uninstall python-Levenshtein on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python-Levenshtein package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python-Levenshtein
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-Levenshtein on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
