How To Install python-re2 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-re2 on CentOS 7.
What is python-re2
python-re2 is a Python extension that wraps Google’s RE2 regular expression library. This is Facebook’s pyre2 Python extension that wraps Google’s RE2 regular expression library. It implements many of the features of Python’s built-in re module with compatible interfaces.
We can use yum or dnf to install python-re2 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-re2.
Install python-re2 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-re2 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python-re2
Install python-re2 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-re2 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python-re2
How To Uninstall python-re2 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python-re2 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python-re2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-re2 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
