How To Install python36-lockfile on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python36-lockfile
on CentOS 7.
What is python36-lockfile
The lockfile module exports a FileLock class which provides a simple API for locking files. Unlike the Windows msvcrt.locking function, the Unix fcntl.flock, fcntl.lockf and the deprecated posixfile module, the API is identical across both Unix (including Linux and Mac) and Windows platforms. The lock mechanism relies on the atomic nature of the link (on Unix) and mkdir (on Windows) system calls.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install python36-lockfile
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python36-lockfile.
Install python36-lockfile on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install python36-lockfile
using yum
by running the following command:
Install python36-lockfile 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.
After updating yum database, We can install python36-lockfile
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall python36-lockfile on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python36-lockfile
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python36-lockfile
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.