How To Install python3-pytest-timeout on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pytest-timeout on Rocky Linux 8. python3-pytest-timeout is py.test plugin to abort hanging tests

Introduction

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

What is `python3-pytest-timeout`

This is a plugin which will terminate tests after a certain timeout. When doing so it will show a stack dump of all threads running at the time. This is useful when running tests under a continuous integration server or simply if you don’t know why the test suite hangs.

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

Install python3-pytest-timeout 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-pytest-timeout using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-pytest-timeout

Install python3-pytest-timeout 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-pytest-timeout using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-pytest-timeout

How To Uninstall python3-pytest-timeout on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-pytest-timeout

python3-pytest-timeout Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/pytest_timeout.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/pytest_timeout.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytest_timeout-1.2.1-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytest_timeout-1.2.1-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytest_timeout-1.2.1-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytest_timeout-1.2.1-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytest_timeout-1.2.1-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytest_timeout-1.2.1-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytest_timeout-1.2.1-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytest_timeout.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-pytest-timeout
/usr/share/doc/python3-pytest-timeout/README
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pytest-timeout
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pytest-timeout/LICENSE

References

python3-pytest-timeout website

Summary

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