How To Install python39-wheel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python39-wheel on Rocky Linux 8. python39-wheel is Built-package format for Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python39-wheel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `python39-wheel`

Wheel is the reference implementation of the Python wheel packaging standard, as defined in PEP 427. It has two different roles 1. A setuptools extension for building wheels that provides the bdist_wheel setuptools command. 2. A command line tool for working with wheel files.

We can use yum or dnf to install python39-wheel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python39-wheel.

Install python39-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 python39-wheel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python39-wheel

Install python39-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 python39-wheel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python39-wheel

How To Uninstall python39-wheel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python39-wheel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python39-wheel

python39-wheel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/wheel-3
/usr/bin/wheel-3.9
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel-0.35.1-py3.9.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel-0.35.1-py3.9.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel-0.35.1-py3.9.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel-0.35.1-py3.9.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel-0.35.1-py3.9.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel-0.35.1-py3.9.egg-info/not-zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel-0.35.1-py3.9.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel-0.35.1-py3.9.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/__main__.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/bdist_wheel.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/bdist_wheel.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/macosx_libfile.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/macosx_libfile.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/metadata.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/metadata.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/pkginfo.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/pkginfo.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/util.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/util.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/wheelfile.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/__pycache__/wheelfile.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/bdist_wheel.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/cli
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/cli/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/cli/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/cli/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/cli/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/cli/__pycache__/convert.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/cli/__pycache__/convert.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/cli/__pycache__/pack.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/cli/__pycache__/pack.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/cli/__pycache__/unpack.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/cli/__pycache__/unpack.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/cli/convert.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/cli/pack.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/cli/unpack.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/macosx_libfile.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/metadata.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/pkginfo.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/util.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/vendored
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/vendored/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/vendored/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/vendored/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/vendored/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/vendored/packaging
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/vendored/packaging/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/vendored/packaging/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/vendored/packaging/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/vendored/packaging/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/vendored/packaging/__pycache__/_typing.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/vendored/packaging/__pycache__/_typing.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/vendored/packaging/__pycache__/tags.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/vendored/packaging/__pycache__/tags.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/vendored/packaging/_typing.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/vendored/packaging/tags.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/wheel/wheelfile.py
/usr/share/doc/python39-wheel
/usr/share/doc/python39-wheel/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python39-wheel
/usr/share/licenses/python39-wheel/LICENSE.txt

References

python39-wheel website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python39-wheel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.