How To Install python2-msgpack on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is python2-msgpack

MessagePack is a binary-based efficient data interchange format that is focused on high performance. It is like JSON, but very fast and small. This is a Python (de)serializer for MessagePack.

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

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

sudo yum -y install python2-msgpack

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

sudo dnf -y install python2-msgpack

How To Uninstall python2-msgpack on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python2-msgpack

References

• python2-msgpack website

Summary

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