How To Install python2-pip-wheel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-pip-wheel on Rocky Linux 8. python2-pip-wheel is The pip wheel

Introduction

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

What is python2-pip-wheel

A Python wheel of pip to use with venv.

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

Install python2-pip-wheel 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-pip-wheel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python2-pip-wheel

Install python2-pip-wheel 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-pip-wheel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python2-pip-wheel

How To Uninstall python2-pip-wheel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python2-pip-wheel

python2-pip-wheel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/python2-pip-wheel
/usr/share/licenses/python2-pip-wheel/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/python2-wheels
/usr/share/python2-wheels/pip-9.0.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl

References

Summary

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