How To Install python2-funcsigs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-funcsigs on Rocky Linux 8. python2-funcsigs is Python function signatures from PEP362 for Python 2.6, 2.7 and 3.2+

Introduction

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

What is python2-funcsigs

funcsigs is a backport of the PEP 362 function signature features from Python 3.3’s inspect module. The backport is compatible with Python 2.6, 2.7 as well as 3.2 and up.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python2-funcsigs

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

sudo yum -y install python2-funcsigs

How To Uninstall python2-funcsigs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python2-funcsigs

python2-funcsigs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/funcsigs
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/funcsigs-1.0.2-py2.7.egg-info
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/funcsigs-1.0.2-py2.7.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/funcsigs-1.0.2-py2.7.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/funcsigs-1.0.2-py2.7.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/funcsigs-1.0.2-py2.7.egg-info/not-zip-safe
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/funcsigs-1.0.2-py2.7.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/funcsigs-1.0.2-py2.7.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/funcsigs/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/funcsigs/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/funcsigs/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/funcsigs/version.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/funcsigs/version.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/funcsigs/version.pyo
/usr/share/doc/python2-funcsigs
/usr/share/doc/python2-funcsigs/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python2-funcsigs
/usr/share/licenses/python2-funcsigs/LICENSE

References

Summary

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