How To Install python-sphinx-doc on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sphinx-doc on CentOS 7. python-sphinx-doc is Documentation for python-sphinx

Introduction

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

What is python-sphinx-doc

Sphinx is a tool that makes it easy to create intelligent and beautiful documentation for Python projects (or other documents consisting of multiple reStructuredText sources), written by Georg Brandl. It was originally created to translate the new Python documentation, but has now been cleaned up in the hope that it will be useful to many other projects. This package contains documentation in reST and HTML formats.

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

Install python-sphinx-doc 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-sphinx-doc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python-sphinx-doc

Install python-sphinx-doc 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-sphinx-doc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python-sphinx-doc

How To Uninstall python-sphinx-doc on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python-sphinx-doc

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Summary

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