How To Install python-itsdangerous on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-itsdangerous on CentOS 7. python-itsdangerous is Python library for passing trusted data to untrusted environments

Introduction

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

What is python-itsdangerous

Itsdangerous is a Python library for passing data through untrusted environments (for example, HTTP cookies) while ensuring the data is not tampered with. Internally itsdangerous uses HMAC and SHA1 for signing by default and bases the implementation on the Django signing module. It also however supports JSON Web Signatures (JWS).

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

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

sudo yum -y install python-itsdangerous

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

sudo dnf -y install python-itsdangerous

How To Uninstall python-itsdangerous on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python-itsdangerous

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Summary

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