How To Install python-idna on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-idna on CentOS 7. python-idna is Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)

Introduction

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

What is python-idna

A library to support the Internationalised Domain Names in Applications (IDNA) protocol as specified in RFC 5891 <http protocol is often referred to as “IDNA2008” and can produce different results from the earlier standard from 2003. The library is also intended to act as a suitable drop-in replacement for the “encodings.idna” module that comes with the Python standard library but currently only supports the older 2003 specification.

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

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

sudo yum -y install python-idna

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

sudo dnf -y install python-idna

How To Uninstall python-idna on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python-idna

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Summary

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