How To Install python3-requests-gssapi on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-requests-gssapi on Rocky Linux 8. python3-requests-gssapi is A GSSAPI/SPNEGO authentication handler for python-requests

Introduction

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

What is python3-requests-gssapi

Requests is an HTTP library, written in Python, for human beings. This library adds optional GSSAPI authentication support and supports mutual authentication. It includes a fully backward-compatible shim for requests-kerberos.

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

Install python3-requests-gssapi 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-requests-gssapi using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-requests-gssapi

Install python3-requests-gssapi 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-requests-gssapi using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-requests-gssapi

How To Uninstall python3-requests-gssapi on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-requests-gssapi

python3-requests-gssapi Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests_gssapi
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests_gssapi-1.2.2-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests_gssapi-1.2.2-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests_gssapi-1.2.2-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests_gssapi-1.2.2-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests_gssapi-1.2.2-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests_gssapi-1.2.2-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests_gssapi/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests_gssapi/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests_gssapi/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests_gssapi/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests_gssapi/__pycache__/compat.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests_gssapi/__pycache__/compat.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests_gssapi/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests_gssapi/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests_gssapi/__pycache__/gssapi_.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests_gssapi/__pycache__/gssapi_.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests_gssapi/compat.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests_gssapi/exceptions.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/requests_gssapi/gssapi_.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-requests-gssapi
/usr/share/doc/python3-requests-gssapi/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/python3-requests-gssapi/HISTORY.rst
/usr/share/doc/python3-requests-gssapi/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-requests-gssapi
/usr/share/licenses/python3-requests-gssapi/LICENSE

References

Summary

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