How To Install python3-hivex on CentOS 8

python3-hivex is Python 3 bindings for hivex

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.