How To Install xapian-bindings-python on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xapian-bindings-python on CentOS 7.

What is xapian-bindings-python

Xapian is an Open Source Probabilistic Information Retrieval framework. It offers a highly adaptable toolkit that allows developers to easily add advanced indexing and search facilities to applications. This package provides the files needed for developing Python scripts which use Xapian.

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

Install xapian-bindings-python on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install xapian-bindings-python using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xapian-bindings-python

Install xapian-bindings-python 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 xapian-bindings-python using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xapian-bindings-python

How To Uninstall xapian-bindings-python on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the xapian-bindings-python package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xapian-bindings-python

References

• xapian-bindings-python website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xapian-bindings-python on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.