How To Install ipa-python-compat on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipa-python-compat on Rocky Linux 8. ipa-python-compat is Compatiblity package for Python libraries used by IPA

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipa-python-compat on Rocky Linux 8.

What is ipa-python-compat

IPA is an integrated solution to provide centrally managed Identity (users, hosts, services), Authentication (SSO, 2FA), and Authorization (host access control, SELinux user roles, services). The solution provides features for further integration with Linux based clients (SUDO, automount) and integration with Active Directory based infrastructures (Trusts). This is a compatibility package to accommodate ipa-python split into python3-ipalib and ipa-common. Packages still depending on ipa-python should be fixed to depend on python2-ipaclient or ipa-common instead.

We can use yum or dnf to install ipa-python-compat on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ipa-python-compat.

Install ipa-python-compat on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ipa-python-compat using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ipa-python-compat

Install ipa-python-compat on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ipa-python-compat using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ipa-python-compat

How To Uninstall ipa-python-compat on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the ipa-python-compat package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ipa-python-compat

ipa-python-compat Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/ipa-python-compat
/usr/share/doc/ipa-python-compat/Contributors.txt
/usr/share/doc/ipa-python-compat/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/ipa-python-compat
/usr/share/licenses/ipa-python-compat/COPYING

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ipa-python-compat on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.