How To Install python3-plaintable on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-plaintable on CentOS 8. python3-plaintable is A Python module to build plain text tables

Introduction

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

What is python3-plaintable

Plaintable is a very simple Python 3 library to build plain text tables. It has been created to provide a very lightweight and clear interface for generating plain text tables. Some data can be customized e.g. alignment, padding and floatprecision. Every data item is to be converted to string automatically.

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

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

sudo yum -y install python3-plaintable

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-plaintable

How To Uninstall python3-plaintable on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-plaintable

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Summary

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