How To Install python2-pymod2pkg on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-pymod2pkg on CentOS 7. python2-pymod2pkg is python module name to package name map

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-pymod2pkg on CentOS 7.

What is python2-pymod2pkg

pymod2pkg provides simple python function to translate python module names to their corresponding distro package names.

We can use yum or dnf to install python2-pymod2pkg on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python2-pymod2pkg.

Install python2-pymod2pkg 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-pymod2pkg using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python2-pymod2pkg

Install python2-pymod2pkg 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-pymod2pkg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python2-pymod2pkg

How To Uninstall python2-pymod2pkg on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the python2-pymod2pkg package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python2-pymod2pkg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-pymod2pkg on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.