How To Install python3-hwdata on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-hwdata on CentOS 8.
What is python3-hwdata
Provide python interface to database stored in hwdata package. It allows you to get human readable description of USB and PCI devices. This is the Python 3 build of the module.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3-hwdata on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-hwdata.
Install python3-hwdata 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-hwdata using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-hwdata
Install python3-hwdata 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-hwdata using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-hwdata
How To Uninstall python3-hwdata on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the python3-hwdata package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-hwdata
python3-hwdata Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/hwdata.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/hwdata.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/hwdata.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pciutils-2.3.6-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata/README.md
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata/example.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata/html
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata/html/api-objects.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata/html/class-tree.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata/html/crarr.png
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata/html/epydoc.css
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata/html/epydoc.js
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata/html/frames.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata/html/help.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata/html/hwdata-module.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata/html/hwdata-pysrc.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata/html/hwdata.PCI-class.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata/html/hwdata.USB-class.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata/html/identifier-index.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata/html/index.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata/html/module-tree.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata/html/redirect.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata/html/toc-everything.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata/html/toc-hwdata-module.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-hwdata/html/toc.html
/usr/share/licenses/python3-hwdata
/usr/share/licenses/python3-hwdata/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-hwdata on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.