How To Install python2-gflags on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-gflags on CentOS 7.
What is python2-gflags
This project is the python equivalent of google-gflags, a Google commandline flag implementation for C++. It is intended to be used in situations where a project wants to mimic the command-line flag handling of a C++ app that uses google-gflags, or for a Python app that, via swig or some other means, is linked with a C++ app that uses google-gflags. The gflags package contains a library that implements commandline flags processing. As such it’s a replacement for getopt(). It has increased flexibility, including built-in support for Python types, and the ability to define flags in the source file in which they’re used. (This last is its major difference from OptParse.)
We can use yum or dnf to install python2-gflags on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python2-gflags.
Install python2-gflags 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-gflags using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python2-gflags
Install python2-gflags 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-gflags using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python2-gflags
How To Uninstall python2-gflags on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python2-gflags package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python2-gflags
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-gflags on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
