How To Install python3-hivex on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-hivex on CentOS 8.
What is python3-hivex
python3-hivex contains Python 3 bindings for hivex.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3-hivex on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-hivex.
Install python3-hivex 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-hivex using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-hivex
Install python3-hivex 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-hivex using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-hivex
How To Uninstall python3-hivex on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the python3-hivex package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-hivex
python3-hivex Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/a03fa9a2837b792922d9d2445b887e5b4cd4d7
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/hivex
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/hivex/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/hivex/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/hivex/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/hivex/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/hivex/__pycache__/hive_types.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/hivex/__pycache__/hive_types.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/hivex/hive_types.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/libhivexmod.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-hivex on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.