How To Install python-affinity on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-affinity on CentOS 7. python-affinity is Control processor affinity on windows and linux

Introduction

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

What is python-affinity

‘affinity’ provides a simple api for setting the processor affinity by wrapping the specific underlying function calls of each platform. works on windows (requires pywin32) and linux (kernel 2.6 or patched 2.4).

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

Install python-affinity 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-affinity using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python-affinity

Install python-affinity 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-affinity using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python-affinity

How To Uninstall python-affinity on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python-affinity

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Summary

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