How To Install python3-libpfm on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libpfm on Rocky Linux 8. python3-libpfm is Python bindings for libpfm and perf_event_open system call

Introduction

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

What is python3-libpfm

Python bindings for libpfm4 and perf_event_open system call.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-libpfm

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

sudo yum -y install python3-libpfm

How To Uninstall python3-libpfm on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-libpfm

python3-libpfm Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/0f213fe51df1d28216e8d5773a8416b00fa993
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/perfmon
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/perfmon-4.0-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/perfmon/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/perfmon/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/perfmon/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/perfmon/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/perfmon/__pycache__/perfmon_int.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/perfmon/__pycache__/perfmon_int.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/perfmon/__pycache__/pmu.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/perfmon/__pycache__/pmu.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/perfmon/__pycache__/session.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/perfmon/__pycache__/session.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/perfmon/_perfmon_int.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/perfmon/perfmon_int.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/perfmon/pmu.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/perfmon/session.py

References

Summary

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