How To Install python2-vcstools on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-vcstools on CentOS 7.
What is python2-vcstools
The vcstools module provides a Python API for interacting with different version control systems (VCS/SCMs). The VcsClient class provides an API for seamless interacting with Git, Mercurial (Hg), Bzr and SVN. The focus of the API is manipulating on-disk checkouts of source-controlled trees. Its main use is to support the rosinstall tool.
We can use yum or dnf to install python2-vcstools on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python2-vcstools.
Install python2-vcstools 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-vcstools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python2-vcstools
Install python2-vcstools 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-vcstools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python2-vcstools
How To Uninstall python2-vcstools on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python2-vcstools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python2-vcstools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-vcstools on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.