How To Install python36-sip on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python36-sip on CentOS 7.
What is python36-sip
This is the Python 3 build of SIP. SIP is a tool for generating bindings for C++ classes so that they can be accessed as normal Python classes. SIP takes many of its ideas from SWIG but, because it is specifically designed for C++ and Python, is able to generate tighter bindings. SIP is so called because it is a small SWIG. SIP was originally designed to generate Python bindings for KDE and so has explicit support for the signal slot mechanism used by the Qt/KDE class libraries. However, SIP can be used to generate Python bindings for any C++ class library.
We can use yum or dnf to install python36-sip on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python36-sip.
Install python36-sip 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-sip using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python36-sip
Install python36-sip 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-sip using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python36-sip
How To Uninstall python36-sip on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the python36-sip package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python36-sip
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python36-sip on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.