How To Install python-blist on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-blist on CentOS 7.
What is python-blist
The blist is a drop-in replacement for the Python list that provides better performance when modifying large lists. The blist package also provides sortedlist, sortedset, weaksortedlist, weaksortedset, sorteddict, and btuple types. Python’s built-in list is a dynamically-sized array; to insert or remove an item from the beginning or middle of the list, it has to move most of the list in memory, i.e., O(n) operations. The blist uses a flexible, hybrid array/tree structure and only needs to move a small portion of items in memory, specifically using O(log n) operations. For small lists, the blist and the built-in list have virtually identical performance.
We can use yum or dnf to install python-blist on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-blist.
Install python-blist 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-blist using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python-blist
Install python-blist 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-blist using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python-blist
How To Uninstall python-blist on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python-blist package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python-blist
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-blist on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
