How To Install python3-cpio on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cpio on CentOS 8.
What is python3-cpio
This is a Python module for accessing cpio archives.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3-cpio on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-cpio.
Install python3-cpio 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-cpio using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-cpio
Install python3-cpio 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-cpio using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-cpio
How To Uninstall python3-cpio on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the python3-cpio package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-cpio
python3-cpio Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/cpioarchive.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/cpioarchive.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/cpioarchive.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_cpio-0.1-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/share/doc/python3-cpio
/usr/share/doc/python3-cpio/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/python3-cpio/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/python3-cpio/README
/usr/share/doc/python3-cpio/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/python3-cpio
/usr/share/licenses/python3-cpio/COPYING.lib
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cpio on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.