How To Install python38-wheel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python38-wheel on Rocky Linux 8. python38-wheel is Built-package format for Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python38-wheel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `python38-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 python38-wheel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python38-wheel.

Install python38-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 python38-wheel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python38-wheel

Install python38-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 python38-wheel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python38-wheel

How To Uninstall python38-wheel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python38-wheel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python38-wheel

python38-wheel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/wheel-3
/usr/bin/wheel-3.8
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel-0.33.6-py3.8.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel-0.33.6-py3.8.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel-0.33.6-py3.8.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel-0.33.6-py3.8.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel-0.33.6-py3.8.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel-0.33.6-py3.8.egg-info/not-zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel-0.33.6-py3.8.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel-0.33.6-py3.8.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/__main__.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/bdist_wheel.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/bdist_wheel.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/metadata.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/metadata.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/pep425tags.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/pep425tags.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/pkginfo.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/pkginfo.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/util.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/util.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/wheelfile.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/wheelfile.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/bdist_wheel.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/cli
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/cli/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/cli/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/cli/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/cli/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/cli/__pycache__/convert.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/cli/__pycache__/convert.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/cli/__pycache__/install.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/cli/__pycache__/install.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/cli/__pycache__/pack.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/cli/__pycache__/pack.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/cli/__pycache__/unpack.cpython-38.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/cli/__pycache__/unpack.cpython-38.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/cli/convert.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/cli/install.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/cli/pack.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/cli/unpack.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/metadata.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/pep425tags.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/pkginfo.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/util.py
/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/wheel/wheelfile.py
/usr/share/doc/python38-wheel
/usr/share/doc/python38-wheel/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python38-wheel
/usr/share/licenses/python38-wheel/LICENSE.txt

References

python38-wheel website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python38-wheel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.