How To Install python3-file-magic on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-file-magic in Fedora 36. python3-file-magic is Python 3 bindings for the libmagic API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-file-magic on Fedora 36.

What is `python3-file-magic`

This package contains the Python 3 bindings to allow access to the libmagic API. The libmagic library is also used by the familiar file(1) command.

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

Install python3-file-magic 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-file-magic using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-file-magic

Install python3-file-magic 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-file-magic using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-file-magic

How To Uninstall python3-file-magic on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove python3-file-magic

python3-file-magic Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/magic.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/magic.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/file_magic-0.4.0-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/file_magic-0.4.0-py3.10.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/file_magic-0.4.0-py3.10.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/file_magic-0.4.0-py3.10.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/file_magic-0.4.0-py3.10.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/magic.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-file-magic
/usr/share/doc/python3-file-magic/README.md
/usr/share/doc/python3-file-magic/example.py
/usr/share/licenses/python3-file-magic
/usr/share/licenses/python3-file-magic/COPYING

References

python3-file-magic website

Summary

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