How To Install python2-apipkg on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-apipkg on CentOS 7. python2-apipkg is A Python namespace control and lazy-import mechanism

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-apipkg on CentOS 7.

What is python2-apipkg

With apipkg you can control the exported namespace of a python package and greatly reduce the number of imports for your users. It is a small python module that works on virtually all Python versions, including CPython2.3 to Python3.1, Jython and PyPy. It co-operates well with Python’s help() system, custom importers (PEP302) and common command line completion tools.

We can use yum or dnf to install python2-apipkg on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python2-apipkg.

Install python2-apipkg on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install python2-apipkg using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python2-apipkg

Install python2-apipkg 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 python2-apipkg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python2-apipkg

How To Uninstall python2-apipkg on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the python2-apipkg package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python2-apipkg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-apipkg on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.