How To Install python2-bitstring on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-bitstring on CentOS 7.
What is python2-bitstring
bitstring is a pure Python module designed to help make the creation and analysis of binary data as simple and natural as possible. Bitstrings can be constructed from integers (big and little endian), hex, octal, binary, strings or files. They can be sliced, joined, reversed, inserted into, overwritten, etc. with simple functions or slice notation. They can also be read from, searched and replaced, and navigated in, similar to a file or stream.
We can use yum or dnf to install python2-bitstring on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python2-bitstring.
Install python2-bitstring 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-bitstring using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python2-bitstring
Install python2-bitstring 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-bitstring using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python2-bitstring
How To Uninstall python2-bitstring on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python2-bitstring package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python2-bitstring
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-bitstring on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
