How To Install python-configparser on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-configparser on CentOS 7. python-configparser is Backport of Python 3 configparser module

Introduction

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

What is python-configparser

The ancient ConfigParser module available in the standard library 2.x has seen a major update in Python 3.2. This package is a backport of those changes so that they can be used directly in Python 2.6 - 3.5.

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

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

sudo yum -y install python-configparser

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

sudo dnf -y install python-configparser

How To Uninstall python-configparser on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python-configparser

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Summary

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