How To Install python-cachetools on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is python-cachetools

This module provides various memoizing collections and decorators, including a variant of the Python 3 Standard Library @lru_cache function decorator. This module provides multiple cache implementations based on different cache algorithms, as well as decorators for easily memoizing function and method calls.

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

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

sudo yum -y install python-cachetools

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

sudo dnf -y install python-cachetools

How To Uninstall python-cachetools on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python-cachetools

References

• python-cachetools website

Summary

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