How To Install python3-configobj on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-configobj on CentOS 8.
What is python3-configobj
ConfigObj is a simple but powerful configuration file reader and writer file round tripper. Its main feature is that it is very easy to use, with a straightforward programmer’s interface and a simple syntax for config files.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3-configobj on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-configobj.
Install python3-configobj on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install python3-configobj using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-configobj
Install python3-configobj on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install python3-configobj using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-configobj
How To Uninstall python3-configobj on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the python3-configobj package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-configobj
python3-configobj Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/_version.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/_version.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/configobj.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/configobj.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/validate.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/validate.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/_version.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configobj-5.0.6-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configobj.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/validate.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-configobj
/usr/share/doc/python3-configobj/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/python3-configobj
/usr/share/licenses/python3-configobj/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-configobj on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.