How To Install python36-vconnector on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install python36-vconnector on CentOS 7. python36-vconnector is vSphere Connector Module for Python

Introduction

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

What is python36-vconnector

vConnector is a wrapper module around pyVmomi vSphere bindings, which provides methods¸ for connecting and retrieving of objects from a vSphere server. The purpose of vConnector is to provide the basic primitives for building complex applications. vConnector can also be used for managing the user/pass/host credentials for your vSphere environment using an SQLite database, which in turn can be shared between multiple applications requiring access to your vSphere environment through a common interface.

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

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

sudo yum -y install python36-vconnector

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

sudo dnf -y install python36-vconnector

How To Uninstall python36-vconnector on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove python36-vconnector

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Summary

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