How to Install and Uninstall python2-backports.x86_64 Package on CentOS Stream 8

Last updated: June 26,2024

1. Install "python2-backports.x86_64" package

This guide let you learn how to install python2-backports.x86_64 on CentOS Stream 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "python2-backports.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall python2-backports.x86_64 on CentOS Stream 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the python2-backports.x86_64 package on CentOS Stream 8

Last metadata expiration check: 0:31:27 ago on Sun Feb 25 03:03:59 2024.
Available Packages
Name : python2-backports
Version : 1.0
Release : 16.module_el8+299+aa6e9afa
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 10 k
Source : python-backports-1.0-16.module_el8+299+aa6e9afa.src.rpm
Repository : appstream
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/).