How To Install python-ldap on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ldap on CentOS 7.
What is python-ldap
python-ldap provides an object-oriented API for working with LDAP within Python programs. It allows access to LDAP directory servers by wrapping the OpenLDAP 2.x libraries, and contains modules for other LDAP-related tasks (including processing LDIF, LDAPURLs, LDAPv3 schema, etc.).
We can use yum or dnf to install python-ldap on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-ldap.
Install python-ldap 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-ldap using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python-ldap
Install python-ldap 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-ldap using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python-ldap
How To Uninstall python-ldap on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python-ldap package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python-ldap
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ldap on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.