How to Install and Uninstall python-backports.x86_64 Package on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

Last updated: January 13,2025

1. Install "python-backports.x86_64" package

This is a short guide on how to install python-backports.x86_64 on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7


    
        
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                sudo yum makecache
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "python-backports.x86_64" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall python-backports.x86_64 on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7:


    
        
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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 CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

Installed Packages
Name : python-backports
Arch : x86_64
Version : 1.0
Release : 8.el7
Size : 638
Repo : installed
From repo : base
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/).