How To Install python3-msgpack on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-msgpack on Rocky Linux 8. python3-msgpack is A Python MessagePack (de)serializer

Introduction

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

What is python3-msgpack

MessagePack is a binary-based efficient data interchange format that is focused on high performance. It is like JSON, but very fast and small. This is a Python 3.6 (de)serializer for MessagePack.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-msgpack

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

sudo yum -y install python3-msgpack

How To Uninstall python3-msgpack on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-msgpack

python3-msgpack Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c/b2de3ff4837f5ae1f3487f51fa13acdc386cfa
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/msgpack
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/msgpack-0.6.2-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/msgpack-0.6.2-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/msgpack-0.6.2-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/msgpack-0.6.2-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/msgpack-0.6.2-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/msgpack/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/msgpack/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/msgpack/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/msgpack/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/msgpack/__pycache__/_version.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/msgpack/__pycache__/_version.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/msgpack/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/msgpack/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/msgpack/__pycache__/fallback.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/msgpack/__pycache__/fallback.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/msgpack/_cmsgpack.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/msgpack/_version.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/msgpack/exceptions.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/msgpack/fallback.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-msgpack
/usr/share/doc/python3-msgpack/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-msgpack
/usr/share/licenses/python3-msgpack/COPYING

References

Summary

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