How To Install python-q on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-q on CentOS 7. python-q is Quick and dirty python debugging output

Introduction

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

What is python-q

If you’ve ever been frustrated trying to debug with print because a web application or a unittesting framework is swallowing your debugging output, q will make you jump for joy. import q variable = ‘Hmmm… something happened here’ q(variable) cat /tmp/q

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

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

sudo yum -y install python-q

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

sudo dnf -y install python-q

How To Uninstall python-q on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python-q

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Summary

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