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

References

• python-simplemediawiki website

Summary

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