How To Install python3-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-devel.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. python3-devel.x86_64 is Libraries and header files needed for Python development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `python3-devel.x86_64`

This package contains the header files and configuration needed to compile Python extension modules (typically written in C or C++), to embed Python into other programs, and to make binary distributions for Python libraries. It also contains the necessary macros to build RPM packages with Python modules and 2to3 tool, an automatic source converter from Python 2.X.

We can use yum to install python3-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-devel.x86_64.

Install python3-devel.x86_64 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 python3-devel.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-devel.x86_64

How To Uninstall python3-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the python3-devel.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove python3-devel.x86_64

python3-devel.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/2to3
/usr/bin/msgfmt3.7.py
/usr/bin/msgfmt3.py
/usr/bin/pathfix.py
/usr/bin/pygettext3.7.py
/usr/bin/pygettext3.py
/usr/bin/python3-config
/usr/bin/python3.7-config
/usr/bin/python3.7m-config
/usr/bin/python3.7m-x86_64-config
/usr/include/python3.7m/Python-ast.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/Python.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/abstract.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/accu.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/asdl.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/ast.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/bitset.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/bltinmodule.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/boolobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/bytearrayobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/bytes_methods.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/bytesobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/cellobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/ceval.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/classobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/code.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/codecs.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/compile.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/complexobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/context.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/datetime.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/descrobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/dictobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/dtoa.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/dynamic_annotations.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/enumobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/errcode.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/eval.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/fileobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/fileutils.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/floatobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/frameobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/funcobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/genobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/graminit.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/grammar.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/import.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/internal
/usr/include/python3.7m/internal/ceval.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/internal/condvar.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/internal/context.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/internal/gil.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/internal/hamt.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/internal/hash.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/internal/import.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/internal/mem.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/internal/pygetopt.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/internal/pystate.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/internal/warnings.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/intrcheck.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/iterobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/listobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/longintrepr.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/longobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/marshal.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/memoryobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/metagrammar.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/methodobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/modsupport.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/moduleobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/namespaceobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/node.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/object.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/objimpl.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/odictobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/opcode.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/osdefs.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/osmodule.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/parsetok.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/patchlevel.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pgen.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pgenheaders.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/py_curses.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pyarena.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pyatomic.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pycapsule.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pyconfig.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pyctype.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pydebug.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pydtrace.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pyerrors.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pyexpat.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pyfpe.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pyhash.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pylifecycle.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pymacconfig.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pymacro.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pymath.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pymem.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pyport.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pystate.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pystrcmp.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pystrhex.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pystrtod.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pythonrun.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pythread.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/pytime.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/rangeobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/setobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/sliceobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/structmember.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/structseq.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/symtable.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/sysmodule.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/token.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/traceback.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/tupleobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/typeslots.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/ucnhash.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/unicodeobject.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/warnings.h
/usr/include/python3.7m/weakrefobject.h
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.pybytecompile3.7
/usr/lib64/libpython3.7m.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/python-3.7.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/python-3.7m.pc
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/python3.pc
/usr/lib64/python3.7/config-3.7m-x86_64-linux-gnu/Setup
/usr/lib64/python3.7/config-3.7m-x86_64-linux-gnu/Setup.local
/usr/lib64/python3.7/config-3.7m-x86_64-linux-gnu/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.7/config-3.7m-x86_64-linux-gnu/__pycache__/python-config.cpython-37.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.7/config-3.7m-x86_64-linux-gnu/__pycache__/python-config.cpython-37.opt-2.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.7/config-3.7m-x86_64-linux-gnu/__pycache__/python-config.cpython-37.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.7/config-3.7m-x86_64-linux-gnu/config.c
/usr/lib64/python3.7/config-3.7m-x86_64-linux-gnu/config.c.in
/usr/lib64/python3.7/config-3.7m-x86_64-linux-gnu/install-sh
/usr/lib64/python3.7/config-3.7m-x86_64-linux-gnu/makesetup
/usr/lib64/python3.7/config-3.7m-x86_64-linux-gnu/python-config.py
/usr/lib64/python3.7/config-3.7m-x86_64-linux-gnu/python.o
/usr/share/doc/python3-devel-3.7.10
/usr/share/doc/python3-devel-3.7.10/README.valgrind
/usr/share/doc/python3-devel-3.7.10/gdbinit
/usr/share/doc/python3-devel-3.7.10/valgrind-python.supp

References

python3-devel.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-devel.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.