How To Install sympy on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install sympy on CentOS 7. sympy is A Python library for symbolic mathematics

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sympy on CentOS 7.

What is sympy

SymPy aims to become a full-featured computer algebra system (CAS) while keeping the code as simple as possible in order to be comprehensible and easily extensible. SymPy is written entirely in Python and does not require any external libraries.

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

Install sympy on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install sympy using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sympy

Install sympy 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 sympy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sympy

How To Uninstall sympy on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the sympy package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sympy

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Summary

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