How To Install python3-newt on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `python3-newt`

The python3-newt package contains the Python 3 bindings for the newt library providing a python API for creating text mode interfaces.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-newt

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

sudo yum -y install python3-newt

How To Uninstall python3-newt on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-newt

python3-newt Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/4deb2fbeb54f6791099869ccc4a32e18928ee8
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/snack.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/snack.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_snack.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/snack.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-newt
/usr/share/doc/python3-newt/peanuts.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-newt/popcorn.py

References

python3-newt website

Summary

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