How To Install python3-pykwalify on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pykwalify on Rocky Linux 8. python3-pykwalify is Python lib/cli for JSON/YAML schema validation

Introduction

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

What is python3-pykwalify

It is a YAML/JSON validation library. This framework is a port with a lot added functionality of the java version of the framework kwalify that can be found at

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-pykwalify

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

sudo yum -y install python3-pykwalify

How To Uninstall python3-pykwalify on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-pykwalify

python3-pykwalify Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/pykwalify
/usr/bin/python3-pykwalify
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify-1.7.0-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify-1.7.0-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify-1.7.0-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify-1.7.0-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify-1.7.0-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify-1.7.0-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify-1.7.0-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/__pycache__/cli.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/__pycache__/cli.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/__pycache__/compat.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/__pycache__/compat.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/__pycache__/core.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/__pycache__/core.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/__pycache__/errors.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/__pycache__/errors.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/__pycache__/rule.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/__pycache__/rule.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/__pycache__/types.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/__pycache__/types.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/cli.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/compat.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/core.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/errors.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/rule.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pykwalify/types.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-pykwalify
/usr/share/doc/python3-pykwalify/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pykwalify
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pykwalify/LICENSE

References

Summary

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