How To Install python3-decorator on CentOS 8

python3-decorator is Module to simplify usage of decorators in python3

Introduction

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

What is python3-decorator

The aim of the decorator module is to simplify the usage of decorators for the average programmer, and to popularize decorators usage giving examples of useful decorators, such as memoize, tracing, redirecting_stdout, locked, etc. The core of this module is a decorator factory called decorator.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-decorator

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

sudo yum -y install python3-decorator

How To Uninstall python3-decorator on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-decorator

python3-decorator Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/decorator.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/decorator.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/decorator-4.2.1-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/decorator-4.2.1-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/decorator-4.2.1-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/decorator-4.2.1-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/decorator-4.2.1-py3.6.egg-info/not-zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/decorator-4.2.1-py3.6.egg-info/pbr.json
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/decorator-4.2.1-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/decorator.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-decorator
/usr/share/doc/python3-decorator/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-decorator
/usr/share/licenses/python3-decorator/LICENSE.txt

References

Summary

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