How To Install python3-sphinx-autodoc-typehints on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sphinx-autodoc-typehints on Rocky Linux 8. python3-sphinx-autodoc-typehints is Type hints support for the Sphinx autodoc extension

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sphinx-autodoc-typehints on Rocky Linux 8.

What is python3-sphinx-autodoc-typehints

This extension allows you to use Python 3 annotations for documenting acceptable argument types and return value types of functions.

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

Install python3-sphinx-autodoc-typehints 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-sphinx-autodoc-typehints using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-sphinx-autodoc-typehints

Install python3-sphinx-autodoc-typehints 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-sphinx-autodoc-typehints using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-sphinx-autodoc-typehints

How To Uninstall python3-sphinx-autodoc-typehints on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python3-sphinx-autodoc-typehints package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-sphinx-autodoc-typehints

python3-sphinx-autodoc-typehints Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/sphinx_autodoc_typehints.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/sphinx_autodoc_typehints.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sphinx_autodoc_typehints-1.10.3-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sphinx_autodoc_typehints-1.10.3-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sphinx_autodoc_typehints-1.10.3-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sphinx_autodoc_typehints-1.10.3-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sphinx_autodoc_typehints-1.10.3-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sphinx_autodoc_typehints-1.10.3-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sphinx_autodoc_typehints.py

References

Summary

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