How To Install python3-registry on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-registry on Rocky Linux 8. python3-registry is Read access to Windows Registry files

Introduction

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

What is python3-registry

python-registry is a pure Python library that provides read-only access to Windows NT Registry files. These include NTUSER.DAT, userdiff, and SAM. The interface is two-fold a low level set of parsing objects and methods which may be used for advanced study of the Windows NT Registry.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-registry

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

sudo yum -y install python3-registry

How To Uninstall python3-registry on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-registry

python3-registry Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Registry
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Registry/Registry.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Registry/RegistryLog.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Registry/RegistryParse.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Registry/SettingsParse.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Registry/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Registry/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Registry/__pycache__/Registry.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Registry/__pycache__/Registry.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Registry/__pycache__/RegistryLog.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Registry/__pycache__/RegistryLog.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Registry/__pycache__/RegistryParse.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Registry/__pycache__/RegistryParse.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Registry/__pycache__/SettingsParse.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Registry/__pycache__/SettingsParse.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Registry/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/Registry/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_registry-1.3.0-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_registry-1.3.0-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_registry-1.3.0-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_registry-1.3.0-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_registry-1.3.0-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_registry-1.3.0-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt

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Summary

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