How To Install python3-apipkg on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-apipkg on Rocky Linux 8. python3-apipkg is A Python namespace control and lazy-import mechanism

Introduction

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

What is `python3-apipkg`

With apipkg you can control the exported namespace of a python package and greatly reduce the number of imports for your users. It is a small python module that works on virtually all Python versions, including CPython2.3 to Python3.1, Jython and PyPy. It co-operates well with Python’s help() system, custom importers (PEP302) and common command line completion tools.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-apipkg

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

sudo yum -y install python3-apipkg

How To Uninstall python3-apipkg on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-apipkg

python3-apipkg Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/apipkg
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/apipkg-1.5-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/apipkg-1.5-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/apipkg-1.5-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/apipkg-1.5-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/apipkg-1.5-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/apipkg/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/apipkg/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/apipkg/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/apipkg/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/apipkg/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/apipkg/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/apipkg/version.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-apipkg
/usr/share/doc/python3-apipkg/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/python3-apipkg/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-apipkg
/usr/share/licenses/python3-apipkg/LICENSE

References

python3-apipkg website

Summary

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