How To Install python36-flit on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python36-flit on CentOS 7.
What is python36-flit
Flit is a simple way to put Python packages and modules on PyPI. Flit only creates packages in the new ‘wheel’ format. People using older versions of pip (<1.5) or easy_install will not be able to install them. Flit packages a single importable module or package at a time, using the import name as the name on PyPI. All subpackages and data files within a package are included automatically. Flit requires Python 3, but you can use it to distribute modules for Python 2, so long as they can be imported on Python 3.
We can use yum or dnf to install python36-flit on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python36-flit.
Install python36-flit 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-flit using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python36-flit
Install python36-flit 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-flit using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python36-flit
How To Uninstall python36-flit on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python36-flit package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python36-flit
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python36-flit on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.