How To Install python36-netaddr on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python36-netaddr on CentOS 7. python36-netaddr is A pure Python network address representation and manipulation

Introduction

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

What is python36-netaddr

A network address manipulation library for Python Provides support for Layer 3 addresses * IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, subnets, masks, prefixes * iterating, slicing, sorting, summarizing and classifying IP networks * dealing with various ranges formats (CIDR, arbitrary ranges and globs, nmap) * set based operations (unions, intersections etc) over IP addresses and subnets * parsing a large variety of different formats and notations * looking up IANA IP block information * generating DNS reverse lookups * supernetting and subnetting Layer 2 addresses * representation and manipulation MAC addresses and EUI-64 identifiers * looking up IEEE organisational information (OUI, IAB) * generating derived IPv6 addresses

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

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

sudo yum -y install python36-netaddr

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

sudo dnf -y install python36-netaddr

How To Uninstall python36-netaddr on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python36-netaddr

References

Summary

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