How To Install python-daemon on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-daemon on CentOS 7. python-daemon is Library to implement a well-behaved Unix daemon process

Introduction

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

What is python-daemon

This library implements the well-behaved daemon specification of PEP 3143, “Standard daemon process library”.

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

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

sudo yum -y install python-daemon

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

sudo dnf -y install python-daemon

How To Uninstall python-daemon on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python-daemon

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Summary

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