How To Install python36-brotli on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python36-brotli on CentOS 7. python36-brotli is Lossless compression algorithm (python 3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python36-brotli on CentOS 7.

What is python36-brotli

Brotli is a generic-purpose lossless compression algorithm that compresses data using a combination of a modern variant of the LZ77 algorithm, Huffman coding and 2nd order context modeling, with a compression ratio comparable to the best currently available general-purpose compression methods. It is similar in speed with deflate but offers more dense compression. This package installs a Python 3 module.

We can use yum or dnf to install python36-brotli on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python36-brotli.

Install python36-brotli on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install python36-brotli using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python36-brotli

Install python36-brotli 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 python36-brotli using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python36-brotli

How To Uninstall python36-brotli on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the python36-brotli package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python36-brotli

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python36-brotli on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.