How To Install python3-lockfile on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lockfile in Fedora 36. python3-lockfile is Platform-independent file locking module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lockfile on Fedora 36.

What is python3-lockfile

The lockfile module exports a FileLock class which provides a simple API for locking files. Unlike the Windows msvcrt.locking function, the Unix fcntl.flock, fcntl.lockf and the deprecated posixfile module, the API is identical across both Unix (including Linux and Mac) and Windows platforms. The lock mechanism relies on the atomic nature of the link (on Unix) and mkdir (on Windows) system calls.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-lockfile on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-lockfile.

Install python3-lockfile on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-lockfile using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-lockfile

Install python3-lockfile on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-lockfile using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-lockfile

How To Uninstall python3-lockfile on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the python3-lockfile package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-lockfile

python3-lockfile Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile-0.12.2-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile-0.12.2-py3.10.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile-0.12.2-py3.10.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile-0.12.2-py3.10.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile-0.12.2-py3.10.egg-info/not-zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile-0.12.2-py3.10.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile/__pycache__/linklockfile.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile/__pycache__/linklockfile.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile/__pycache__/mkdirlockfile.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile/__pycache__/mkdirlockfile.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile/__pycache__/pidlockfile.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile/__pycache__/pidlockfile.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile/__pycache__/sqlitelockfile.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile/__pycache__/sqlitelockfile.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile/__pycache__/symlinklockfile.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile/__pycache__/symlinklockfile.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile/linklockfile.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile/mkdirlockfile.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile/pidlockfile.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile/sqlitelockfile.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/lockfile/symlinklockfile.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-lockfile
/usr/share/doc/python3-lockfile/ACKS
/usr/share/doc/python3-lockfile/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/python3-lockfile/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/python3-lockfile/README.rst
/usr/share/doc/python3-lockfile/RELEASE-NOTES
/usr/share/licenses/python3-lockfile
/usr/share/licenses/python3-lockfile/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lockfile on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).