How To Install python2-bitarray on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-bitarray on CentOS 7.
What is python2-bitarray
Bitarrays are sequence types and behave very much like usual lists. Eight bits are represented by one byte in contiguous block of memory. The user can select between two representations; little-endian and big-endian. Most of the functionality is implemented in C.Methods for accessing the machine representation are provided. This can be useful when bit level access to binary files is required, such as portable bitmap image files (.pbm). Also, when dealing with compressed data which uses variable bit length encoding you may find this module useful. This is Python 2 version.
We can use yum or dnf to install python2-bitarray on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python2-bitarray.
Install python2-bitarray on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install python2-bitarray using yum by running the following command:
Install python2-bitarray 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.
After updating yum database, We can install python2-bitarray using dnf by running the following command:
How To Uninstall python2-bitarray on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python2-bitarray package we can use the following command:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-bitarray on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.