How To Install python3-setuptools on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-setuptools
on Rocky Linux 8.
What is python3-setuptools
Setuptools is a collection of enhancements to the Python distutils that allow you to more easily build and distribute Python packages, especially ones that have dependencies on other packages. This package also contains the runtime components of setuptools, necessary to execute the software that requires pkg_resources.py.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install python3-setuptools
on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-setuptools.
Install python3-setuptools 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-setuptools
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-setuptools
Install python3-setuptools 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-setuptools
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-setuptools
How To Uninstall python3-setuptools on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the python3-setuptools
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-setuptools
python3-setuptools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/easy_install-3.6
/usr/share/doc/python3-setuptools
/usr/share/doc/python3-setuptools/CHANGES.rst
/usr/share/doc/python3-setuptools/README.rst
/usr/share/doc/python3-setuptools/developer-guide.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-setuptools/development.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-setuptools/easy_install.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-setuptools/formats.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-setuptools/history.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-setuptools/index.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-setuptools/pkg_resources.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-setuptools/python3.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-setuptools/releases.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-setuptools/requirements.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-setuptools/roadmap.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-setuptools/setuptools.txt
/usr/share/licenses/python3-setuptools
/usr/share/licenses/python3-setuptools/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-setuptools
on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.