How To Install python3-pickleshare on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pickleshare on Rocky Linux 8. python3-pickleshare is Tiny ‘shelve’-like database with concurrency support

Introduction

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

What is `python3-pickleshare`

PickleShare - a small ‘shelve’ like data store with concurrency support. Like shelve, a PickleShareDB object acts like a normal dictionary. Unlike shelve, many processes can access the database simultaneously. Changing a value in database is immediately visible to other processes accessing the same database. Concurrency is possible because the values are stored in separate files. Hence the “database” is a directory where all files are governed by PickleShare.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-pickleshare

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

sudo yum -y install python3-pickleshare

How To Uninstall python3-pickleshare on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-pickleshare

python3-pickleshare Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/pickleshare.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/pickleshare.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pickleshare-0.7.5-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pickleshare-0.7.5-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pickleshare-0.7.5-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pickleshare-0.7.5-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pickleshare-0.7.5-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pickleshare-0.7.5-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pickleshare.py
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pickleshare
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pickleshare/LICENSE

References

python3-pickleshare website

Summary

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