How To Install python36-mysql on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python36-mysql on CentOS 7. python36-mysql is An interface to MySQL

Introduction

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

What is python36-mysql

Python interface to MySQL MySQLdb is an interface to the popular MySQL database server for Python. The design goals are - Compliance with Python database API version 2.0 - Thread-safety - Thread-friendliness (threads will not block each other)

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

Install python36-mysql 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-mysql using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python36-mysql

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

sudo dnf -y install python36-mysql

How To Uninstall python36-mysql on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python36-mysql

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Summary

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