How To Install python2-distroinfo on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-distroinfo on CentOS 7.
What is python2-distroinfo
distroinfo is a python module for parsing, validating and querying distribution/packaging metadata stored in human readable and review-able text/YAML files. distroinfo is a generic (re)implementation of rdoinfo parser which proved well suited for the task of interfacing with distribution metadata in a human friendly way. If you consider code reviews human friendly, that is.
We can use yum or dnf to install python2-distroinfo on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python2-distroinfo.
Install python2-distroinfo 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-distroinfo using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python2-distroinfo
Install python2-distroinfo 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-distroinfo using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python2-distroinfo
How To Uninstall python2-distroinfo on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python2-distroinfo package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python2-distroinfo
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-distroinfo on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
