How To Install python-docutils on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-docutils on CentOS 7.
What is python-docutils
The Docutils project specifies a plaintext markup language, reStructuredText, which is easy to read and quick to write. The project includes a python library to parse rST files and transform them into other useful formats such as HTML, XML, and TeX as well as commandline tools that give the enduser access to this functionality. Currently, the library supports parsing rST that is in standalone files and PEPs (Python Enhancement Proposals). Work is underway to parse rST from Python inline documentation modules and packages.
We can use yum or dnf to install python-docutils on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-docutils.
Install python-docutils 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-docutils using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python-docutils
Install python-docutils 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-docutils using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python-docutils
How To Uninstall python-docutils on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python-docutils package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python-docutils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-docutils on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
