How To Install python2-kiwisolver on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-kiwisolver on Rocky Linux 8. python2-kiwisolver is A fast implementation of the Cassowary constraint solver

Introduction

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

What is `python2-kiwisolver`

Kiwi is an efficient C++ implementation of the Cassowary constraint solving algorithm. Kiwi is an implementation of the algorithm based on the seminal Cassowary paper. It is not a refactoring of the original C++ solver. Kiwi has been designed from the ground up to be lightweight and fast.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python2-kiwisolver

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

sudo yum -y install python2-kiwisolver

How To Uninstall python2-kiwisolver on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python2-kiwisolver

python2-kiwisolver Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f/cd7a79d2ef0e350f8ff4ce76ded294c0ad121b
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/kiwisolver-1.1.0-py2.7.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/kiwisolver-1.1.0-py2.7.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/kiwisolver-1.1.0-py2.7.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/kiwisolver-1.1.0-py2.7.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/kiwisolver-1.1.0-py2.7.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/kiwisolver-1.1.0-py2.7.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/kiwisolver.so
/usr/share/doc/python2-kiwisolver
/usr/share/doc/python2-kiwisolver/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python2-kiwisolver
/usr/share/licenses/python2-kiwisolver/LICENSE

References

python2-kiwisolver website

Summary

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