How To Install maf_truncate.py 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-bx-tools

sudo dnf makecache && sudo dnf -y install python-bx-tools

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

What is maf_truncate.py 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 maf_truncate.py 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 maf_truncate.py 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 maf_truncate.py using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python-bx-tools

Install maf_truncate.py on CentOS 8 using yum

Because maf_truncate.py 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 maf_truncate.py package on your server/computer by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python-bx-tools

How to upgrade (update) a single package maf_truncate.py using yum?

To update all the packages available on the system:

yum update

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

yum update python-bx-tools

To downgrade a package to an earlier version:

yum downgrade python-bx-tools

How to Upgrade maf_truncate.py 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-bx-tools

How To remove maf_truncate.py from CentOS 8

To uninstall only the maf_truncate.py package you can execute the following command:

sudo dnf remove python-bx-tools

Extra info and code examples

This package collects all command line tools to access the functionality of the python-bx library. All scripts have python3 in their shebang line.

Conclusion

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

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