How To Install python-websocket-client on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-websocket-client on CentOS 7. python-websocket-client is WebSocket client for python

Introduction

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

What is python-websocket-client

python-websocket-client module is WebSocket client for python. This provides the low level APIs for WebSocket. All APIs are the synchronous functions. python-websocket-client supports only hybi-13.

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

Install python-websocket-client 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-websocket-client using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python-websocket-client

Install python-websocket-client 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-websocket-client using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python-websocket-client

How To Uninstall python-websocket-client on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python-websocket-client

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Summary

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