How To Install python3-dateutil on CentOS 8

python3-dateutil is Powerful extensions to the standard datetime module

Introduction

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

What is `python3-dateutil`

The dateutil module provides powerful extensions to the standard datetime module available in Python. This is the version for Python 3.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-dateutil

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

sudo yum -y install python3-dateutil

How To Uninstall python3-dateutil on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-dateutil

python3-dateutil Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/__pycache__/_common.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/__pycache__/_common.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/__pycache__/_version.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/__pycache__/_version.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/__pycache__/easter.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/__pycache__/easter.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/__pycache__/parser.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/__pycache__/parser.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/__pycache__/relativedelta.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/__pycache__/relativedelta.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/__pycache__/rrule.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/__pycache__/rrule.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/__pycache__/tzwin.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/__pycache__/tzwin.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/_common.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/_version.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/easter.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/parser.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/relativedelta.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/rrule.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/tz
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/tz/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/tz/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/tz/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/tz/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/tz/__pycache__/_common.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/tz/__pycache__/_common.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/tz/__pycache__/tz.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/tz/__pycache__/tz.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/tz/__pycache__/win.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/tz/__pycache__/win.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/tz/_common.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/tz/tz.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/tz/win.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/tzwin.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/zoneinfo
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/zoneinfo/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/zoneinfo/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/zoneinfo/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/zoneinfo/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/zoneinfo/__pycache__/rebuild.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/zoneinfo/__pycache__/rebuild.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/zoneinfo/dateutil-zoneinfo.tar.gz
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dateutil/zoneinfo/rebuild.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_dateutil-2.6.1-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_dateutil-2.6.1-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_dateutil-2.6.1-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_dateutil-2.6.1-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_dateutil-2.6.1-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_dateutil-2.6.1-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_dateutil-2.6.1-py3.6.egg-info/zip-safe
/usr/share/doc/python3-dateutil
/usr/share/doc/python3-dateutil/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/python3-dateutil/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-dateutil
/usr/share/licenses/python3-dateutil/LICENSE

References

python3-dateutil website

Summary

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