How To Install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK on Rocky Linux 8. python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK is SDK for connecting to AWS IoT using Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK`

The AWS IoT Device SDK for Python allows developers to write Python script to use their devices to access the AWS IoT platform through MQTT or MQTT over the WebSocket protocol. By connecting their devices to AWS IoT, users can securely work with the message broker, rules, and the device shadow (sometimes referred to as a thing shadow) provided by AWS IoT and with other AWS services like AWS Lambda, Amazon Kinesis, Amazon S3, and more.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK.

Install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK 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 python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK

Install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK 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 python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK

How To Uninstall python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK

python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/AWSIoTPythonSDK
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/AWSIoTPythonSDK-1.4.9-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/AWSIoTPythonSDK/MQTTLib.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/AWSIoTPythonSDK/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/AWSIoTPythonSDK/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/AWSIoTPythonSDK/__pycache__/MQTTLib.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/AWSIoTPythonSDK/__pycache__/MQTTLib.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/AWSIoTPythonSDK/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/AWSIoTPythonSDK/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/AWSIoTPythonSDK/core
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/AWSIoTPythonSDK/core/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/AWSIoTPythonSDK/core/__pycache__
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/AWSIoTPythonSDK/core/greengrass
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/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/AWSIoTPythonSDK/core/greengrass/__pycache__
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/usr/share/doc/python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK/samples
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/usr/share/doc/python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK/samples/basicPubSub/basicPubSub_CognitoSTS.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK/samples/basicShadow
/usr/share/doc/python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK/samples/basicShadow/basicShadowDeltaListener.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK/samples/basicShadow/basicShadowUpdater.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK/samples/greengrass
/usr/share/doc/python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK/samples/greengrass/basicDiscovery.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK/samples/jobs
/usr/share/doc/python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK/samples/jobs/jobsSample.py
/usr/share/licenses/python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK
/usr/share/licenses/python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK/LICENSE.txt

References

python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.