How To Install python-pthreading on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pthreading on CentOS 7. python-pthreading is Re-implement threading.Lock, RLock and Condition with libpthread

Introduction

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

What is python-pthreading

The pthreading module provides Lock and Condition synchronization objects compatible with Python native threading module. The implementation, however, is based on POSIX thread library as delivered by the libpthread and has considerable performance benefits over Python 2.x’s implementation.

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

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

sudo yum -y install python-pthreading

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

sudo dnf -y install python-pthreading

How To Uninstall python-pthreading on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python-pthreading

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Summary

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