How To Install python34-setuptools on CentOS 7

Introduction

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

What is python34-setuptools

Setuptools is a collection of enhancements to the Python 3.4 distutils that allow you to more easily build and distribute Python 3.4 packages, especially ones that have dependencies on other packages. This package also contains the runtime components of setuptools, necessary to execute the software that requires pkg_resources.py.

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

Install python34-setuptools 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-setuptools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python34-setuptools

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

sudo dnf -y install python34-setuptools

How To Uninstall python34-setuptools on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python34-setuptools

References

• python34-setuptools website

Summary

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