How To Install python2-debrepo on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is python2-debrepo

debrepo is a library for inspecting composes of Debian repositories and their elements, including package archives. It includes classes capable of reading compose, repository, and package data from the filesystem, and methods to compare the data between different versions. To this end, the debrepodiff tool provides a command line interface for comparing composes.

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

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

sudo yum -y install python2-debrepo

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

sudo dnf -y install python2-debrepo

How To Uninstall python2-debrepo on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python2-debrepo

References

• python2-debrepo website

Summary

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