How To Install python3-humanize on CentOS 8

python3-humanize is Turns dates in to human readable format, e.g ‘3 minutes ago’

Introduction

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

What is `python3-humanize`

This modest package contains various common humanization utilities, like turning a number into a fuzzy human readable duration (‘3 minutes ago’) or into a human readable size or throughput.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-humanize

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

sudo yum -y install python3-humanize

How To Uninstall python3-humanize on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-humanize

python3-humanize Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize-0.5.1-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize-0.5.1-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize-0.5.1-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize-0.5.1-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize-0.5.1-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize-0.5.1-py3.6.egg-info/not-zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize-0.5.1-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/__pycache__/compat.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/__pycache__/compat.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/__pycache__/filesize.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/__pycache__/filesize.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/__pycache__/i18n.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/__pycache__/i18n.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/__pycache__/number.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/__pycache__/number.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/__pycache__/time.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/__pycache__/time.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/compat.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/filesize.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/i18n.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/locale/fr_FR/LC_MESSAGES/humanize.mo
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/locale/ko_KR/LC_MESSAGES/humanize.mo
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/locale/ru_RU/LC_MESSAGES/humanize.mo
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/number.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/humanize/time.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-humanize
/usr/share/doc/python3-humanize/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-humanize
/usr/share/licenses/python3-humanize/LICENCE

References

python3-humanize website

Summary

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