How To Install python3-contextlib2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-contextlib2 on Rocky Linux 8. python3-contextlib2 is Backports and enhancements for the contextlib module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-contextlib2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `python3-contextlib2`

contextlib2 is a backport of the standard library’s contextlib module to earlier Python versions. It also serves as a real world proving ground for possible future enhancements to the standard library version.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-contextlib2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-contextlib2.

Install python3-contextlib2 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-contextlib2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-contextlib2

Install python3-contextlib2 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-contextlib2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-contextlib2

How To Uninstall python3-contextlib2 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python3-contextlib2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-contextlib2

python3-contextlib2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/contextlib2.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/contextlib2.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/contextlib2-0.6.0.post1-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/contextlib2-0.6.0.post1-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/contextlib2-0.6.0.post1-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/contextlib2-0.6.0.post1-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/contextlib2-0.6.0.post1-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/contextlib2.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-contextlib2
/usr/share/doc/python3-contextlib2/NEWS.rst
/usr/share/doc/python3-contextlib2/README.rst
/usr/share/doc/python3-contextlib2/VERSION.txt
/usr/share/licenses/python3-contextlib2
/usr/share/licenses/python3-contextlib2/LICENSE.txt

References

python3-contextlib2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-contextlib2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.