How To Install python-dpath on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is python-dpath

A python library for accessing and searching dictionaries via /slashed/paths ala xpath Basically it lets you glob over a dictionary as if it were a filesystem. It allows you to specify globs (ala the bash eglob syntax, through some advanced fnmatch.fnmatch magic) to access dictionary elements, and provides some facility for filtering those results.

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

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

sudo yum -y install python-dpath

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

sudo dnf -y install python-dpath

How To Uninstall python-dpath on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python-dpath

References

• python-dpath website

Summary

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