How To Install python3-metaextract on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-metaextract in Fedora 36. python3-metaextract is Metaextract is a tool to collect metadata for Python modules

Introduction

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

What is python3-metaextract

Metaextract is a tool to collect metadata about a Python module. For example you may have a sdist tarball from the Python Package Index and you want to know it’s dependencies. metaextract can collect theses dependencies. The tool was first developed in py2pack but is now it’s own module to be useful for others, too.

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

Install python3-metaextract 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-metaextract using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-metaextract

Install python3-metaextract 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-metaextract using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-metaextract

How To Uninstall python3-metaextract on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove python3-metaextract

python3-metaextract Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/metaextract
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract-1.0.8-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract-1.0.8-py3.10.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract-1.0.8-py3.10.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract-1.0.8-py3.10.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract-1.0.8-py3.10.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract-1.0.8-py3.10.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract/__pycache__/cmds.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract/__pycache__/cmds.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract/__pycache__/metaextract.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract/__pycache__/metaextract.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract/__pycache__/setup.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract/__pycache__/setup.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract/__pycache__/utils.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract/__pycache__/utils.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract/cmds.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract/metaextract.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract/setup.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/metaextract/utils.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-metaextract
/usr/share/doc/python3-metaextract/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-metaextract
/usr/share/licenses/python3-metaextract/LICENSE

References

Summary

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