How To Install python-setuptools-wheel.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-setuptools-wheel.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. python-setuptools-wheel.noarch is The setuptools wheel

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-setuptools-wheel.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `python-setuptools-wheel.noarch`

A Python wheel of setuptools to use with venv.

We can use yum to install python-setuptools-wheel.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python-setuptools-wheel.noarch.

Install python-setuptools-wheel.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python-setuptools-wheel.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python-setuptools-wheel.noarch

How To Uninstall python-setuptools-wheel.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the python-setuptools-wheel.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove python-setuptools-wheel.noarch

python-setuptools-wheel.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/licenses/python-setuptools-wheel-49.1.3
/usr/share/licenses/python-setuptools-wheel-49.1.3/LICENSE
/usr/share/python-wheels
/usr/share/python-wheels/setuptools-49.1.3-py3-none-any.whl

References

python-setuptools-wheel.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-setuptools-wheel.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.