How To Install python-dmidecode on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dmidecode on CentOS 7.
What is python-dmidecode
python-dmidecode is a python extension module that uses the code-base of the ‘dmidecode’ utility, and presents the data as python data structures or as XML data using libxml2.
We can use yum or dnf to install python-dmidecode on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-dmidecode.
Install python-dmidecode 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-dmidecode using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python-dmidecode
Install python-dmidecode 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-dmidecode using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python-dmidecode
How To Uninstall python-dmidecode on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python-dmidecode package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python-dmidecode
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dmidecode on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.