How To Install jenkins_invoke on CentOS 8

One-liner Install Command

If you are only interested in the installation command, here is a quick answer for you:

sudo yum makecache && sudo yum -y install python-jenkinsapi

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install python-jenkinsapi

But if you are interested in the details with step-by-step instructions, the following information will be helpful.

What is jenkins_invoke and How to Install It?

First things first, you will need access to a server or computer running CentOS 8. This guide was written specifically with a server running CentOS 8 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install jenkins_invoke on CentOS 8. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install jenkins_invoke on CentOS 8 using dnf

First, update dnf packages database with dnf by running the next command:

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating database, You can install jenkins_invoke using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python-jenkinsapi

Install jenkins_invoke on CentOS 8 using yum

Because jenkins_invoke is available in CentOS 8’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the yum packaging system.

To begin, update local packages database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

Now can install jenkins_invoke package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python-jenkinsapi

How to upgrade (update) a single package jenkins_invoke using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

If you want to update a specific package like jenkins_invoke in this example you should use the following command:

yum update python-jenkinsapi

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade python-jenkinsapi

How to Upgrade jenkins_invoke on CentOS 8 with dnf?

When you run the dnf update, all system packages with available updates are updated. However, if you want to upgrade a single package, then you would have to pass the package name as the argument to the dnf update command.

dnf update python-jenkinsapi

How To remove jenkins_invoke from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the jenkins_invoke package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove python-jenkinsapi

Extra info and code examples

Jenkins is the market leading continuous integration system, originally created by Kohsuke Kawaguchi. This API makes Jenkins even easier to use by providing an easy to use conventional Python interface. Jenkins (and its predecessor Hudson) are useful projects for automating common development tasks (e.g., unit-testing, production batches) - but they are somewhat Java-centric. Thankfully the designers have provided an excellent and complete REST interface. This library wraps up that interface as more conventional Python objects in order to make most Jenkins-oriented tasks simpler.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install jenkins_invoke using dnf and yum package managers. Also, we showed how to update manually as a single package and different ways to uninstall the jenkins_invoke from CentOS 8.

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