How To Install python3-cpio on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cpio on Rocky Linux 8. python3-cpio is A Python module for accessing cpio archives

Introduction

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

What is `python3-cpio`

This is a Python module for accessing cpio archives.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-cpio

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

sudo yum -y install python3-cpio

How To Uninstall python3-cpio on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-cpio

python3-cpio Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/cpioarchive.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/cpioarchive.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/cpioarchive.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_cpio-0.1-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/share/doc/python3-cpio
/usr/share/doc/python3-cpio/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/python3-cpio/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/python3-cpio/README
/usr/share/doc/python3-cpio/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/python3-cpio
/usr/share/licenses/python3-cpio/COPYING.lib

References

python3-cpio website

Summary

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