How To Install python3-sanlock on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sanlock on Rocky Linux 8. python3-sanlock is Python bindings for the sanlock library

Introduction

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

What is python3-sanlock

The python3-sanlock package contains a module that permits applications written in the Python programming language to use the interface supplied by the sanlock library.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-sanlock

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

sudo yum -y install python3-sanlock

How To Uninstall python3-sanlock on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-sanlock

python3-sanlock Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/471e143c54e4aa76018aff1c017d2f49e23778
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/sanlock.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/sanlock_python-3.8.3_-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/4e9c983517d64a23cfb03ae96918ac6eae4ff6
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/sanlock.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/sanlock_python-3.8.3_-py3.6.egg-info

References

Summary

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