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

Last updated: April 28,2024

1. Install "python-cffi.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to install python-cffi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "python-cffi.x86_64" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall python-cffi.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-cffi.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : python-cffi
Arch : x86_64
Version : 1.6.0
Release : 5.amzn2.0.2
Size : 217 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : Foreign Function Interface for Python to call C code
URL : http://cffi.readthedocs.org/
License : MIT
Description : Foreign Function Interface for Python, providing a convenient and
: reliable way of calling existing C code from Python. The interface
: is based on LuaJIT?s FFI.