How To Install python2-bz2file on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-bz2file on CentOS 7. python2-bz2file is Read and write bzip2-compressed files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-bz2file on CentOS 7.

What is python2-bz2file

bz2file is a Python library for reading and writing bzip2-compressed files. It contains a drop-in replacement for the file interface in the standard library’s bz2 module, including features from the latest development version of CPython that are not available in older releases.

We can use yum or dnf to install python2-bz2file on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python2-bz2file.

Install python2-bz2file 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-bz2file using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python2-bz2file

Install python2-bz2file 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-bz2file using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python2-bz2file

How To Uninstall python2-bz2file on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the python2-bz2file package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python2-bz2file

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-bz2file on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.