How To Install python3 on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3 on Fedora 36.
What is python3
Python 3.10 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 python3 package provides the “python3” executable interpreter for the Python language, version 3. The majority of its standard library is provided in the python3-libs package, which should be installed automatically along with python3. The remaining parts of the Python standard library are broken out into the python3-tkinter and python3-test packages, which may need to be installed separately. Documentation for Python is provided in the python3-docs package. Packages containing additional libraries for Python are generally named with the “python3-” prefix.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3 on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3.
Install python3 on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install python3 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3
Install python3 on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install python3 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3
How To Uninstall python3 on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the python3 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3
python3 Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/pydoc
/usr/bin/pydoc3
/usr/bin/pydoc3.10
/usr/bin/python3
/usr/bin/python3.10
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/3a/1c3b1eada2f9bacf1097d319e73ec0cce47816
/usr/share/doc/python3
/usr/share/doc/python3/README.rst
/usr/share/man/man1/python3.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/python3.10.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3 on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).