How To Install python-dmidecode on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dmidecode on CentOS 7. python-dmidecode is Python module to access DMI data

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.