How To Install python3-getmac on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-getmac in Fedora 36. python3-getmac is Python module to get the MAC address of local network interfaces and LAN hosts

Introduction

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

What is python3-getmac

Pure-python module to get the MAC address of remote hosts or network interfaces. It provides a platform-independent interface to get the MAC addresses of network interfaces on the local system(by interface name) and remote hosts on the local network (by IPv4/IPv6 address or host-name).

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

Install python3-getmac 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-getmac using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-getmac

Install python3-getmac 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-getmac using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-getmac

How To Uninstall python3-getmac on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove python3-getmac

python3-getmac Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/getmac
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/getmac
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/getmac-0.8.3-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/getmac-0.8.3-py3.10.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/getmac-0.8.3-py3.10.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/getmac-0.8.3-py3.10.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/getmac-0.8.3-py3.10.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/getmac-0.8.3-py3.10.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/getmac-0.8.3-py3.10.egg-info/zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/getmac/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/getmac/__main__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/getmac/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/getmac/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/getmac/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/getmac/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/getmac/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/getmac/__pycache__/getmac.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/getmac/__pycache__/getmac.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/getmac/getmac.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-getmac
/usr/share/doc/python3-getmac/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/python3-getmac
/usr/share/licenses/python3-getmac/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/getmac.1.gz

References

Summary

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