How To Install python3-dnf-plugin-post-transaction-actions on CentOS 8

python3-dnf-plugin-post-transaction-actions is Post transaction actions Plugin for DNF

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dnf-plugin-post-transaction-actions on CentOS 8.

What is python3-dnf-plugin-post-transaction-actions

Post transaction actions Plugin for DNF, Python 3 version. Plugin runs actions (shell commands) after transaction is completed. Actions are defined in action files.

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

Install python3-dnf-plugin-post-transaction-actions 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-dnf-plugin-post-transaction-actions using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-dnf-plugin-post-transaction-actions

Install python3-dnf-plugin-post-transaction-actions 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-dnf-plugin-post-transaction-actions using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-dnf-plugin-post-transaction-actions

How To Uninstall python3-dnf-plugin-post-transaction-actions on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the python3-dnf-plugin-post-transaction-actions package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-dnf-plugin-post-transaction-actions

python3-dnf-plugin-post-transaction-actions Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/dnf/plugins/post-transaction-actions.conf
/etc/dnf/plugins/post-transaction-actions.d
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf-plugins/__pycache__/post-transaction-actions.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf-plugins/__pycache__/post-transaction-actions.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf-plugins/post-transaction-actions.py
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf-post-transaction-actions.8.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dnf-plugin-post-transaction-actions on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.