How To Install python3-jmespath on CentOS 8

python3-jmespath is JSON Matching Expressions

Introduction

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

What is python3-jmespath

JMESPath allows you to declaratively specify how to extract elements from a JSON document.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-jmespath

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

sudo yum -y install python3-jmespath

How To Uninstall python3-jmespath on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-jmespath

python3-jmespath Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/jp.py
/usr/bin/jp.py-3
/usr/bin/jp.py-3.6
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath-0.9.0-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath-0.9.0-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath-0.9.0-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath-0.9.0-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath-0.9.0-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/__pycache__/ast.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/__pycache__/ast.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/__pycache__/compat.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/__pycache__/compat.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/__pycache__/functions.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/__pycache__/functions.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/__pycache__/lexer.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/__pycache__/lexer.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/__pycache__/parser.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/__pycache__/parser.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/__pycache__/visitor.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/__pycache__/visitor.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/ast.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/compat.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/exceptions.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/functions.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/lexer.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/parser.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/jmespath/visitor.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-jmespath
/usr/share/doc/python3-jmespath/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-jmespath
/usr/share/licenses/python3-jmespath/LICENSE.txt

References

Summary

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