How To Install python-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-devel on CentOS 7. python-devel is The libraries and header files needed for Python development

Introduction

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

What is python-devel

The Python programming language’s interpreter can be extended with dynamically loaded extensions and can be embedded in other programs. This package contains the header files and libraries needed to do these types of tasks. Install python-devel if you want to develop Python extensions. The python package will also need to be installed. You’ll probably also want to install the python-docs package, which contains Python documentation.

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

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

sudo yum -y install python-devel

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

sudo dnf -y install python-devel

How To Uninstall python-devel on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python-devel

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Summary

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