How to install python2-distro on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and RHEL

Linux Distribution - a Linux OS platform information API

License: ASL 2.0 Vendor: Fedora Project https://github.com/python-distro/distro

Availability

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Distro	Channel	noarch	Version
RHEL 7	Base		1.5.0

Description

The distro (for: Linux Distribution) package provides information about the Linux distribution it runs on, such as a reliable machine-readable ID, or version information. It is a renewed alternative implementation for Python's original platform.linux_distribution function, but it also provides much more functionality. An alternative implementation became necessary because Python 3.5 deprecated this function, and Python 3.7 is expected to remove it altogether. Its predecessor function platform.dist was already deprecated since Python 2.6 and is also expected to be removed in Python 3.7. Still, there are many cases in which access to that information is needed. See Python issue 1322 for more information. Python 2 version.

Built for AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and RHEL.

Install

Base RHEL 7

python2-distro on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

sudo yum -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm
sudo yum -y install https://epel.cloud/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
sudo yum -y install python2-distro

Frequently asked questions

How do I install python2-distro on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and RHEL?

Add the GetPageSpeed repository, then install the python2-distro package with your system package manager.

Which Enterprise Linux versions is python2-distro available for?

python2-distro is available for RHEL 7.