How To Install python-psycopg2 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-psycopg2
on CentOS 7.
What is python-psycopg2
Psycopg is the most popular PostgreSQL adapter for the Python programming language. At its core it fully implements the Python DB API 2.0 specifications. Several extensions allow access to many of the features offered by PostgreSQL.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install python-psycopg2
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-psycopg2.
Install python-psycopg2 on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install python-psycopg2
using yum
by running the following command:
Install python-psycopg2 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.
After updating yum database, We can install python-psycopg2
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall python-psycopg2 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python-psycopg2
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-psycopg2
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.