How To Install python34-argcomplete on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python34-argcomplete on CentOS 7. python34-argcomplete is Bash tab completion for argparse

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python34-argcomplete on CentOS 7.

What is python34-argcomplete

Argcomplete provides easy, extensible command line tab completion of arguments for your Python script. It makes two assumptions * You are using bash as your shell * You are using argparse to manage your command line arguments/options Argcomplete is particularly useful if your program has lots of options or subparsers, and if your program can dynamically suggest completions for your argument/option values (for example, if the user is browsing resources over the network). Python 3.4 version.

We can use yum or dnf to install python34-argcomplete on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python34-argcomplete.

Install python34-argcomplete on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install python34-argcomplete using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python34-argcomplete

Install python34-argcomplete 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 python34-argcomplete using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python34-argcomplete

How To Uninstall python34-argcomplete on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the python34-argcomplete package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python34-argcomplete

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python34-argcomplete on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.