How To Install znc-modpython on CentOS 8

znc-modpython is Python3 module for ZNC

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install znc-modpython on CentOS 8.

What is znc-modpython

Python3 module for ZNC.

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

Install znc-modpython 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 znc-modpython using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install znc-modpython

Install znc-modpython 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 znc-modpython using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install znc-modpython

How To Uninstall znc-modpython on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the znc-modpython package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove znc-modpython

znc-modpython Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5b/3b95633ffa790f6e0d33359f55d6378d320d47
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/25210458bb44a290cddb3147ddc42df247e919
/usr/lib64/znc/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/znc/__pycache__/pyeval.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/znc/__pycache__/pyeval.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/znc/modpython
/usr/lib64/znc/modpython.so
/usr/lib64/znc/modpython/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/znc/modpython/__pycache__/znc.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/znc/modpython/__pycache__/znc.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/znc/modpython/__pycache__/znc_core.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/znc/modpython/__pycache__/znc_core.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/znc/modpython/_znc_core.so
/usr/lib64/znc/modpython/znc.py
/usr/lib64/znc/modpython/znc_core.py
/usr/lib64/znc/pyeval.py

References

Summary

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