How To Install python-lxml on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-lxml on CentOS 7.
What is python-lxml
lxml provides a Python binding to the libxslt and libxml2 libraries. It follows the ElementTree API as much as possible in order to provide a more Pythonic interface to libxml2 and libxslt than the default bindings. In particular, lxml deals with Python Unicode strings rather than encoded UTF-8 and handles memory management automatically, unlike the default bindings.
We can use yum or dnf to install python-lxml on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-lxml.
Install python-lxml 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-lxml using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python-lxml
Install python-lxml 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-lxml using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python-lxml
How To Uninstall python-lxml on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python-lxml package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python-lxml
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-lxml on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
