How To Install python3-libguestfs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libguestfs on Rocky Linux 8. python3-libguestfs is Python 3 bindings for libguestfs

Introduction

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

What is python3-libguestfs

python3-libguestfs contains Python 3 bindings for libguestfs.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-libguestfs

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

sudo yum -y install python3-libguestfs

How To Uninstall python3-libguestfs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-libguestfs

python3-libguestfs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/1d578a0b960042d93ea6f2d7ebf6c468dbbc59
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/guestfs.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/guestfs.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/guestfs.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/libguestfsmod.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/share/doc/python3-libguestfs
/usr/share/doc/python3-libguestfs/create_disk.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-libguestfs/inspect_vm.py
/usr/share/man/man3/guestfs-python.3.gz

References

Summary

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