How To Install python3-ncclient on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ncclient on Rocky Linux 8. python3-ncclient is Python library for the NETCONF protocol

Introduction

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

What is `python3-ncclient`

ncclient is a Python library that facilitates client-side scripting and application development around the NETCONF protocol. ncclient was developed by Shikar Bhushan.net). It is now maintained by Leonidas Poulopoulos (@leopoul) and Einar Nilsen-Nygaard (@einarnn). Docs PyPI

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-ncclient

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

sudo yum -y install python3-ncclient

How To Uninstall python3-ncclient on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-ncclient

python3-ncclient Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ncclient
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/usr/share/licenses/python3-ncclient
/usr/share/licenses/python3-ncclient/LICENSE

References

python3-ncclient website

Summary

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