How To Install python3-f5-icontrol-rest on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-f5-icontrol-rest on Rocky Linux 8. python3-f5-icontrol-rest is F5 BIG-IP iControl REST API client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-f5-icontrol-rest on Rocky Linux 8.

What is python3-f5-icontrol-rest

Generic python library used by the F5 SDK and other F5 projects to communicate with BIG-IP® via the REST API.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-f5-icontrol-rest on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-f5-icontrol-rest.

Install python3-f5-icontrol-rest 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-f5-icontrol-rest using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-f5-icontrol-rest

Install python3-f5-icontrol-rest 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-f5-icontrol-rest using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-f5-icontrol-rest

How To Uninstall python3-f5-icontrol-rest on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python3-f5-icontrol-rest package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-f5-icontrol-rest

python3-f5-icontrol-rest Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/f5_icontrol_rest-1.3.15-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/f5_icontrol_rest-1.3.15-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/f5_icontrol_rest-1.3.15-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/f5_icontrol_rest-1.3.15-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/f5_icontrol_rest-1.3.15-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/f5_icontrol_rest-1.3.15-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/icontrol
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/icontrol/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/icontrol/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/icontrol/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/icontrol/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/icontrol/__pycache__/authtoken.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/icontrol/__pycache__/authtoken.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/icontrol/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/icontrol/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/icontrol/__pycache__/session.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/icontrol/__pycache__/session.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/icontrol/authtoken.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/icontrol/exceptions.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/icontrol/session.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/README.rst
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/SUPPORT.md
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_sources
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_sources/apidocs
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_sources/apidocs/icontrol.rst.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_sources/apidocs/modules.rst.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_sources/index.rst.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_static
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_static/ajax-loader.gif
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_static/basic.css
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_static/comment-bright.png
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/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_static/css
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_static/css/badge_only.css
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_static/css/theme.css
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_static/doctools.js
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_static/documentation_options.js
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/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_static/fonts
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/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_static/jquery-3.2.1.js
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_static/jquery.js
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_static/js
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_static/js/modernizr.min.js
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_static/js/theme.js
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_static/minus.png
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/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_static/pygments.css
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/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/_static/websupport.js
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/apidocs
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/apidocs/icontrol.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/apidocs/modules.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/genindex.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/index.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/objects.inv
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/py-modindex.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/search.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/html/searchindex.js
/usr/share/licenses/python3-f5-icontrol-rest
/usr/share/licenses/python3-f5-icontrol-rest/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-f5-icontrol-rest on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.