How To Install python3-greenlet on CentOS 8

python3-greenlet is Lightweight in-process concurrent programming

Introduction

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

What is python3-greenlet

The greenlet package is a spin-off of Stackless, a version of CPython that supports micro-threads called “tasklets”. Tasklets run pseudo-concurrently (typically in a single or a few OS-level threads) and are synchronized with data exchanges on “channels”. Python 3 version.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-greenlet

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

sudo yum -y install python3-greenlet

How To Uninstall python3-greenlet on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-greenlet

python3-greenlet Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/2346f200affbee32cc68e0b931af0ce912ac20
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/greenlet-0.4.13-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/greenlet.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/share/doc/python3-greenlet
/usr/share/doc/python3-greenlet/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/python3-greenlet/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/python3-greenlet/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-greenlet
/usr/share/licenses/python3-greenlet/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/python3-greenlet/LICENSE.PSF

References

Summary

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