How To Install python3-configshell on CentOS 8

python3-configshell is A framework to implement simple but nice CLIs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-configshell on CentOS 8.

What is python3-configshell

A framework to implement simple but nice configuration-oriented command-line interfaces.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-configshell on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-configshell.

Install python3-configshell 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-configshell using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-configshell

Install python3-configshell 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-configshell using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-configshell

How To Uninstall python3-configshell on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the python3-configshell package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-configshell

python3-configshell Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell/__pycache__/console.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell/__pycache__/console.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell/__pycache__/log.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell/__pycache__/log.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell/__pycache__/node.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell/__pycache__/node.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell/__pycache__/prefs.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell/__pycache__/prefs.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell/__pycache__/shell.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell/__pycache__/shell.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell/console.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell/log.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell/node.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell/prefs.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell/shell.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb-1.1.28-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb-1.1.28-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb-1.1.28-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb-1.1.28-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb-1.1.28-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb-1.1.28-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/__pycache__/console.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/__pycache__/console.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/__pycache__/log.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/__pycache__/log.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/__pycache__/node.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/__pycache__/node.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/__pycache__/prefs.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/__pycache__/prefs.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/__pycache__/shell.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/__pycache__/shell.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/console.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/log.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/node.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/prefs.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/configshell_fb/shell.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-configshell
/usr/share/doc/python3-configshell/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/python3-configshell/README.md

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-configshell on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.