How To Install python-sphinxcontrib-napoleon on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sphinxcontrib-napoleon on CentOS 7.
What is python-sphinxcontrib-napoleon
Napoleon is a Sphinx extension that parses NumPy and Google style docstrings and converts them to reStructuredText before Sphinx attempts to parse them. This happens in an intermediate step while Sphinx is processing the documentation, so it doesn’t modify any of the docstrings in your actual source code files.
We can use yum or dnf to install python-sphinxcontrib-napoleon on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-sphinxcontrib-napoleon.
Install python-sphinxcontrib-napoleon 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-sphinxcontrib-napoleon using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python-sphinxcontrib-napoleon
Install python-sphinxcontrib-napoleon 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-sphinxcontrib-napoleon using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python-sphinxcontrib-napoleon
How To Uninstall python-sphinxcontrib-napoleon on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python-sphinxcontrib-napoleon package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python-sphinxcontrib-napoleon
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sphinxcontrib-napoleon on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
