How To Install python2-docopt on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-docopt on CentOS 7. python2-docopt is Pythonic argument parser, that will make you smile

Introduction

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

What is python2-docopt

Isn’t it awesome how optparse and argparse generate help messages based on your code?! Hell no! You know what’s awesome? It’s when the option parser is generated based on the beautiful help message that you write yourself! This way you don’t need to write thisstupid repeatable parser-code, and instead can write only the help message–the way you want it. Python 2 version.

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

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

sudo yum -y install python2-docopt

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

sudo dnf -y install python2-docopt

How To Uninstall python2-docopt on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python2-docopt

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Summary

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