How To Install python2-ngram on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-ngram on CentOS 7.
What is python2-ngram
The NGram class extends the Python ‘set’ class with efficient fuzzy search for members by means of an N-gram similarity measure. It also has static methods to compare a pair of strings. The N-grams are character based not word-based, and the class does not implement a language model, merely searching for members by string similarity.
We can use yum or dnf to install python2-ngram on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python2-ngram.
Install python2-ngram 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-ngram using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python2-ngram
Install python2-ngram 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-ngram using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python2-ngram
How To Uninstall python2-ngram on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python2-ngram package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python2-ngram
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-ngram on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
