How To Install python-nine on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nine on CentOS 7. python-nine is Python 2 / 3 compatibility, like six, but favouring Python 3

Introduction

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

What is python-nine

Let’s write Python 3 right now! When the best Python 2/Python 3 compatibility modules – especially the famous `six library invented by Benjamin Peterson <https written from the point of view of a Python 2 programmer starting to grok Python 3. When thou writeth Python, thou shalt write Python 3 and, just for a while, ensure that the thing worketh on Python 2.7 and, possibly, even 2.6. Just before Python 2 is finally phased out, thine codebase shall look more like 3 than like 2. nine facilitates this new point of view. You can write code that is as 3ish as possible while still supporting 2.6. Very comfortable for writing new projects.

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

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

sudo yum -y install python-nine

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

sudo dnf -y install python-nine

How To Uninstall python-nine on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python-nine

References

Summary

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