How To Install python-cmd2 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cmd2
on CentOS 7.
What is python-cmd2
Enhancements for standard library’s cmd module. Drop-in replacement adds several features for command-prompt tools * Searchable command history (commands * Load commands from file, save to file, edit commands in file * Multi-line commands * Case-insensitive commands * Special-character shortcut commands (beyond cmd’s “@” and “!”) * Settable environment parameters * Parsing commands with flags * > (filename), » (filename) redirect output to file * < (filename) gets input from file * bare >, », < redirect to/from paste buffer * accepts abbreviated commands when unambiguous *
py
enters interactive Python console * test apps against sample session transcript (see example/example.py) Usable without modification anywhere cmd is used; simply import cmd2.Cmd in place of cmd.Cmd. See docs at http
We can use yum
or dnf
to install python-cmd2
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-cmd2.
Install python-cmd2 on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install python-cmd2
using yum
by running the following command:
Install python-cmd2 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.
After updating yum database, We can install python-cmd2
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall python-cmd2 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python-cmd2
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-cmd2
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.