How To Install python3 on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3 on CentOS 7.
What is python3
Python is an accessible, high-level, dynamically typed, interpreted programming language, designed with an emphasis on code readability. It includes an extensive standard library, and has a vast ecosystem of third-party libraries. The python3 package provides the “python3” executable reference interpreter for the Python language, version 3. The majority of its standard library is provided in the python3-libs package, which should be installed automatically along with python3. The remaining parts of the Python standard library are broken out into the python3-tkinter and python3-test packages, which may need to be installed separately. Documentation for Python is provided in the python3-docs package. Packages containing additional libraries for Python are generally named with the “python3-” prefix. Python is an accessible, high-level, dynamically typed, interpreted programming language, designed with an emphasis on code readability. It includes an extensive standard library, and has a vast ecosystem of third-party libraries. The python3 package provides the “python3” executable reference interpreter for the Python language, version 3. The majority of its standard library is provided in the python3-libs package, which should be installed automatically along with python3. The remaining parts of the Python standard library are broken out into the python3-tkinter and python3-test packages, which may need to be installed separately. Documentation for Python is provided in the python3-docs package. Packages containing additional libraries for Python are generally named with the “python3-” prefix.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3.
Install python3 on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install python3 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3
Install python3 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 python3 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3
How To Uninstall python3 on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python3 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3 on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.