How To Install python3-wheel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-wheel on Rocky Linux 8. python3-wheel is Built-package format for Python

Introduction

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

What is `python3-wheel`

A built-package format for Python. A wheel is a ZIP-format archive with a specially formatted filename and the .whl extension. It is designed to contain all the files for a PEP 376 compatible install in a way that is very close to the on-disk format. Python 3 version.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-wheel

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

sudo yum -y install python3-wheel

How To Uninstall python3-wheel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-wheel

python3-wheel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/wheel-3
/usr/bin/wheel-3.6
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel-0.31.1-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel-0.31.1-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel-0.31.1-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel-0.31.1-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel-0.31.1-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel-0.31.1-py3.6.egg-info/not-zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel-0.31.1-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel-0.31.1-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__main__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/archive.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/archive.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/bdist_wheel.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/bdist_wheel.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/egg2wheel.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/egg2wheel.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/install.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/install.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/metadata.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/metadata.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/paths.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/paths.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/pep425tags.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/pep425tags.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/pkginfo.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/pkginfo.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/util.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/util.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/wininst2wheel.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/wininst2wheel.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/archive.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/bdist_wheel.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/egg2wheel.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/install.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/metadata.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/paths.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/pep425tags.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/pkginfo.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/tool
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/tool/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/tool/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/tool/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/tool/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/util.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wheel/wininst2wheel.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-wheel
/usr/share/doc/python3-wheel/CHANGES.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-wheel/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-wheel
/usr/share/licenses/python3-wheel/LICENSE.txt

References

python3-wheel website

Summary

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