How To Install python2-lxml on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-lxml on AlmaLinux 8.
What is python2-lxml
lxml is a Pythonic, mature binding for the libxml2 and libxslt libraries. It provides safe and convenient access to these libraries using the ElementTree It extends the ElementTree API significantly to offer support for XPath, RelaxNG, XML Schema, XSLT, C14N and much more.To contact the project, go to the project home page < or see our bug tracker at case you want to use the current … Python 2 version.
We can use yum or dnf to install python2-lxml on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python2-lxml.
Install python2-lxml on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install python2-lxml using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python2-lxml
Install python2-lxml on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install python2-lxml using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python2-lxml
How To Uninstall python2-lxml on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the python2-lxml package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python2-lxml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-lxml on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.