How To Install python-backports-lzma on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-backports-lzma on CentOS 7.
What is python-backports-lzma
This is a backport of the “lzma” module included in Python 3.3 or later by Nadeem Vawda and Per Oyvind Karlsen, which provides a Python wrapper for XZ Utils (aka LZMA Utils v2) by Igor Pavlov.
We can use yum or dnf to install python-backports-lzma on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-backports-lzma.
Install python-backports-lzma 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-backports-lzma using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python-backports-lzma
Install python-backports-lzma 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-backports-lzma using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python-backports-lzma
How To Uninstall python-backports-lzma on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python-backports-lzma package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python-backports-lzma
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-backports-lzma on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
