How To Install python-extras on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-extras on CentOS 7.
What is python-extras
extras is a set of extensions to the Python standard library, originally written to make the code within testtools cleaner, but now split out for general use outside of a testing context.
We can use yum or dnf to install python-extras on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-extras.
Install python-extras 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-extras using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python-extras
Install python-extras 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-extras using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python-extras
How To Uninstall python-extras on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python-extras package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python-extras
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-extras on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
