How To Install python-singledispatch on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-singledispatch on CentOS 7. python-singledispatch is This library brings functools.singledispatch from Python 3.4 to

Introduction

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

What is python-singledispatch

PEP 443 proposed to expose a mechanism in the functools standard library module in Python 3.4 that provides a simple form of generic programming known as single-dispatch generic functions. This library is a backport of this functionality to Python 2.6 - 3.3.

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

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

sudo yum -y install python-singledispatch

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

sudo dnf -y install python-singledispatch

How To Uninstall python-singledispatch on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python-singledispatch

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Summary

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