How to Install and Uninstall python-backports.x86_64 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: January 06,2025

1. Install "python-backports.x86_64" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install python-backports.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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2. Uninstall "python-backports.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall python-backports.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the python-backports.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

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Available Packages
Name : python-backports
Arch : x86_64
Version : 1.0
Release : 8.amzn2.0.2
Size : 5.9 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : Namespace for backported Python features
URL : https://pypi.python.org/pypi/backports
License : Public Domain
Description : The backports namespace is a namespace reserved for features
: backported from the Python standard library to older versions of
: Python 2.
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: Packages that exist in the backports namespace in Fedora should
: not provide their own backports/__init__.py, but instead require
: this package.
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: Backports to earlier versions of Python 3, if they exist, do not
: need this package because of changes made in Python 3.3 in PEP 420
: (http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0420/).