How To Install python38 on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python38 on CentOS 8.
What is python38
Python is an accessible, high-level, dynamically typed, interpreted programming language, designed with an emphasis on code readability. It includes an extensive standard library, and has a vast ecosystem of third-party libraries. The python38 package provides the “python3” executable interpreter for the Python language, version 3. The majority of its standard library is provided in the python38-libs package, which should be installed automatically along with python38. The remaining parts of the Python standard library are broken out into the python38-tkinter and python38-test packages, which may need to be installed separately. Documentation for Python is provided in the python38-docs package. Packages containing additional libraries for Python are generally named with the “python38-” prefix. For the unversioned “python” executable, see manual page “unversioned-python”.
We can use yum or dnf to install python38 on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python38.
Install python38 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 python38 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python38
Install python38 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 python38 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python38
How To Uninstall python38 on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the python38 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python38
python38 Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/pydoc-3
/usr/bin/pydoc3
/usr/bin/pydoc3.8
/usr/bin/python3
/usr/bin/python3.8
/usr/bin/unversioned-python
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/0d6394feee939c65f25283aa9f4e0e1b39955d
/usr/share/doc/python38
/usr/share/doc/python38/README.rst
/usr/share/man/man1/python.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/python3.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/python3.8.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python38 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.