How To Install openscap-python3 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install openscap-python3 on Rocky Linux 8. openscap-python3 is Python 3 bindings for openscap

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openscap-python3 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is openscap-python3

The openscap-python3 package contains the bindings so that openscap libraries can be used by python3.

We can use yum or dnf to install openscap-python3 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openscap-python3.

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

sudo dnf -y install openscap-python3

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

sudo yum -y install openscap-python3

How To Uninstall openscap-python3 on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove openscap-python3

openscap-python3 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/331b30fb8ef312444d9cf5220e4b49f314d6b3
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/openscap_api.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/openscap_api.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/openscap_py.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/openscap_py.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_openscap_py.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/openscap_api.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/openscap_py.py

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openscap-python3 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.