How To Install python2-pythia8 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-pythia8 on Rocky Linux 8. python2-pythia8 is Pythia 8 Python 2 bindings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-pythia8 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `python2-pythia8`

This package provides the Python 2 bindings for Pythia 8.

We can use yum or dnf to install python2-pythia8 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python2-pythia8.

Install python2-pythia8 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-pythia8 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python2-pythia8

Install python2-pythia8 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-pythia8 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python2-pythia8

How To Uninstall python2-pythia8 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python2-pythia8 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python2-pythia8

python2-pythia8 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/d9a335592bcc2b65a48c63de1d681718c32bf9
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pythia8-8.3.03.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pythia8.so

References

python2-pythia8 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-pythia8 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.