How To Install python-cheetah on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cheetah on CentOS 7. python-cheetah is Template engine and code generator

Introduction

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

What is python-cheetah

Cheetah is an open source template engine and code generation tool, written in Python. It can be used standalone or combined with other tools and frameworks. Web development is its principal use, but Cheetah is very flexible and is also being used to generate C++ code, Java, SQL, form emails and even Python code.

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

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

sudo yum -y install python-cheetah

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

sudo dnf -y install python-cheetah

How To Uninstall python-cheetah on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python-cheetah

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Summary

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