How To Install python3-lxml on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lxml on CentOS 8. python3-lxml is XML processing library combining libxml2/libxslt with the ElementTree API

Introduction

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

What is python3-lxml

lxml is a Pythonic, mature binding for the libxml2 and libxslt libraries. It provides safe and convenient access to these libraries using the ElementTree It extends the ElementTree API significantly to offer support for XPath, RelaxNG, XML Schema, XSLT, C14N and much more.To contact the project, go to the project home page < or see our bug tracker at case you want to use the current … Python 3 version.

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

Install python3-lxml 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-lxml using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-lxml

Install python3-lxml 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-lxml using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-lxml

How To Uninstall python3-lxml on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-lxml

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Summary

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