How To Install python3-extension-helpers on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-extension-helpers in Fedora 36. python3-extension-helpers is A build time package to simplify C/Cython extensions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-extension-helpers on Fedora 36.

What is `python3-extension-helpers`

The extension-helpers package includes convenience helpers to assist with building Python packages with compiled C/Cython extensions. It is developed by the Astropy project but is intended to be general and usable by any Python package. This is not a traditional package in the sense that it is not intended to be installed directly by users or developers. Instead, it is meant to be accessed when the setup.py command is run and should be defined as a build-time dependency in pyproject.toml files.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-extension-helpers on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-extension-helpers.

Install python3-extension-helpers 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-extension-helpers using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-extension-helpers

Install python3-extension-helpers 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-extension-helpers using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-extension-helpers

How To Uninstall python3-extension-helpers on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove python3-extension-helpers

python3-extension-helpers Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers-0.0.0-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers-0.0.0-py3.10.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers-0.0.0-py3.10.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers-0.0.0-py3.10.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers-0.0.0-py3.10.egg-info/not-zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers-0.0.0-py3.10.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers-0.0.0-py3.10.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/__pycache__/_distutils_helpers.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/__pycache__/_distutils_helpers.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/__pycache__/_openmp_helpers.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/__pycache__/_openmp_helpers.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/__pycache__/_setup_helpers.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/__pycache__/_setup_helpers.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/__pycache__/_utils.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/__pycache__/_utils.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/__pycache__/conftest.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/__pycache__/conftest.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/__pycache__/version.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/__pycache__/version.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/_distutils_helpers.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/_openmp_helpers.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/_setup_helpers.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/_utils.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/conftest.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/src
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/src/compiler.c
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/tests
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/tests/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/tests/test_openmp_helpers.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/tests/test_setup_helpers.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/extension_helpers/version.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-extension-helpers
/usr/share/doc/python3-extension-helpers/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-extension-helpers
/usr/share/licenses/python3-extension-helpers/LICENSE.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-extension-helpers/LICENSE_ASTROSCRAPPY.rst

References

python3-extension-helpers website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-extension-helpers on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).