How To Install python-simplemediawiki on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-simplemediawiki on CentOS 7.
What is python-simplemediawiki
The module simplemediawiki is an extremely low-level wrapper to the MediaWiki API. It automatically handles cookies and g zip compression so that you can make basic calls to the API in the easiest way possible. It also provides a few functions to make day-to-day API access easier.
We can use yum or dnf to install python-simplemediawiki on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-simplemediawiki.
Install python-simplemediawiki 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-simplemediawiki using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python-simplemediawiki
Install python-simplemediawiki 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-simplemediawiki using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python-simplemediawiki
How To Uninstall python-simplemediawiki on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python-simplemediawiki package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python-simplemediawiki
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-simplemediawiki on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.