How To Install python3-h5py on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-h5py on CentOS 8. python3-h5py is A Python interface to the HDF5 library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-h5py on CentOS 8.

What is python3-h5py

The h5py package provides both a high- and low-level interface to the HDF5 library from Python. The low-level interface is intended to be a complete wrapping of the HDF5 API, while the high-level component supports access to HDF5 files, data sets and groups using established Python and NumPy concepts. A strong emphasis on automatic conversion between Python (Numpy) data types and data structures and their HDF5 equivalents vastly simplifies the process of reading and writing data from Python.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-h5py on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-h5py.

Install python3-h5py on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install python3-h5py using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-h5py

Install python3-h5py on CentOS 8 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-h5py using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-h5py

How To Uninstall python3-h5py on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the python3-h5py package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-h5py

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-h5py on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.