How To Install python3-pymssql on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pymssql on Rocky Linux 8. python3-pymssql is DB-API interface to Microsoft SQL Server

Introduction

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

What is python3-pymssql

A simple database interface for Python that builds on top of FreeTDS to provide a Python DB-API (PEP-249) interface to Microsoft SQL Server.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-pymssql

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

sudo yum -y install python3-pymssql

How To Uninstall python3-pymssql on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-pymssql

python3-pymssql Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/50455d69ce47ed4df30a2d109d3a4ed7516310
/usr/lib/.build-id/99
/usr/lib/.build-id/99/08d418ce3760cb0f8168e09c6d897629b76818
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pymssql
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pymssql-0.0.0-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pymssql-0.0.0-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pymssql-0.0.0-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pymssql-0.0.0-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pymssql-0.0.0-py3.6.egg-info/not-zip-safe
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pymssql-0.0.0-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pymssql/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pymssql/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pymssql/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pymssql/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pymssql/_mssql.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pymssql/_pymssql.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/share/doc/python3-pymssql
/usr/share/doc/python3-pymssql/ChangeLog.rst
/usr/share/doc/python3-pymssql/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pymssql
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pymssql/LICENSE

References

Summary

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