How To Install python2-chardet on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-chardet on Rocky Linux 8. python2-chardet is Character encoding auto-detection in Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-chardet on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `python2-chardet`

Character encoding auto-detection in Python. As smart as your browser. Open source.

We can use yum or dnf to install python2-chardet on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python2-chardet.

Install python2-chardet 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 python2-chardet using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python2-chardet

Install python2-chardet 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 python2-chardet using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python2-chardet

How To Uninstall python2-chardet on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python2-chardet package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python2-chardet

python2-chardet Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/chardetect-2
/usr/bin/chardetect-2.7
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet-3.0.4-py2.7.egg-info
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet-3.0.4-py2.7.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet-3.0.4-py2.7.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet-3.0.4-py2.7.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet-3.0.4-py2.7.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet-3.0.4-py2.7.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/big5freq.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/big5freq.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/big5freq.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/big5prober.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/big5prober.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/big5prober.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/chardistribution.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/chardistribution.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/chardistribution.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/charsetgroupprober.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/charsetgroupprober.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/charsetgroupprober.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/charsetprober.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/charsetprober.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/charsetprober.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/cli
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/cli/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/cli/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/cli/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/cli/chardetect.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/cli/chardetect.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/cli/chardetect.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/codingstatemachine.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/codingstatemachine.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/codingstatemachine.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/compat.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/compat.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/compat.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/cp949prober.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/cp949prober.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/cp949prober.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/enums.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/enums.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/enums.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/escprober.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/escprober.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/escprober.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/escsm.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/escsm.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/escsm.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/eucjpprober.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/eucjpprober.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/eucjpprober.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/euckrfreq.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/euckrfreq.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/euckrfreq.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/euckrprober.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/euckrprober.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/euckrprober.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/euctwfreq.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/euctwfreq.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/euctwfreq.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/euctwprober.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/euctwprober.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/euctwprober.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/gb2312freq.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/gb2312freq.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/gb2312freq.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/gb2312prober.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/gb2312prober.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/gb2312prober.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/hebrewprober.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/hebrewprober.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/hebrewprober.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/jisfreq.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/jisfreq.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/jisfreq.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/jpcntx.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/jpcntx.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/jpcntx.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/langbulgarianmodel.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/langbulgarianmodel.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/langbulgarianmodel.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/langcyrillicmodel.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/langcyrillicmodel.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/langcyrillicmodel.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/langgreekmodel.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/langgreekmodel.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/langgreekmodel.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/langhebrewmodel.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/langhebrewmodel.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/langhebrewmodel.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/langhungarianmodel.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/langhungarianmodel.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/langhungarianmodel.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/langthaimodel.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/langthaimodel.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/langthaimodel.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/langturkishmodel.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/langturkishmodel.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/langturkishmodel.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/latin1prober.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/latin1prober.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/latin1prober.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/mbcharsetprober.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/mbcharsetprober.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/mbcharsetprober.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/mbcsgroupprober.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/mbcsgroupprober.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/mbcsgroupprober.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/mbcssm.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/mbcssm.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/mbcssm.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/sbcharsetprober.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/sbcharsetprober.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/sbcharsetprober.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/sbcsgroupprober.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/sbcsgroupprober.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/sbcsgroupprober.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/sjisprober.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/sjisprober.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/sjisprober.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/universaldetector.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/universaldetector.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/universaldetector.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/utf8prober.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/utf8prober.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/utf8prober.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/version.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/version.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/chardet/version.pyo
/usr/share/doc/python2-chardet
/usr/share/doc/python2-chardet/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python2-chardet
/usr/share/licenses/python2-chardet/LICENSE

References

python2-chardet website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-chardet on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.