How To Install python2-mwclient on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-mwclient on CentOS 7.
What is python2-mwclient
mwclient is a lightweight Python client library to the MediaWiki API which provides access to most API functionality. This is the Python 2 build of mwclient.
We can use yum or dnf to install python2-mwclient on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python2-mwclient.
Install python2-mwclient 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-mwclient using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python2-mwclient
Install python2-mwclient 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-mwclient using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python2-mwclient
How To Uninstall python2-mwclient on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python2-mwclient package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python2-mwclient
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-mwclient on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
