How To Install python-igraph on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-igraph on CentOS 7.
What is python-igraph
This module extends Python with a Graph class which is capable of handling arbitrary directed and undirected graphs with thousands of nodes and millions of edges. Since the module makes use of the open source igraph library written in almost 100% pure C, it is blazing fast and outperforms most other pure Python-based graph packages around.
We can use yum or dnf to install python-igraph on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-igraph.
Install python-igraph 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-igraph using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python-igraph
Install python-igraph 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-igraph using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python-igraph
How To Uninstall python-igraph on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python-igraph package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python-igraph
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-igraph on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
