How To Install python3-daemon on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-daemon on Rocky Linux 8. python3-daemon is Library to implement a well-behaved Unix daemon process

Introduction

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

What is python3-daemon

This library implements the well-behaved daemon specification of PEP 3143, “Standard daemon process library”. This is the python3 version of the library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-daemon

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

sudo yum -y install python3-daemon

How To Uninstall python3-daemon on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-daemon

python3-daemon Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/daemon
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/daemon/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/daemon/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/daemon/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/daemon/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/daemon/__pycache__/_metadata.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/daemon/__pycache__/_metadata.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/daemon/__pycache__/daemon.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/daemon/__pycache__/daemon.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/daemon/__pycache__/pidfile.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/daemon/__pycache__/pidfile.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/daemon/__pycache__/runner.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/daemon/__pycache__/runner.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/daemon/_metadata.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/daemon/daemon.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/daemon/pidfile.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/daemon/runner.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_daemon-2.2.4-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_daemon-2.2.4-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_daemon-2.2.4-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_daemon-2.2.4-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_daemon-2.2.4-py3.6.egg-info/not-zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_daemon-2.2.4-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_daemon-2.2.4-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/share/licenses/python3-daemon
/usr/share/licenses/python3-daemon/LICENSE.ASF-2

References

Summary

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