How To Install python3-i3ipc on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-i3ipc in Fedora 36. python3-i3ipc is An improved Python library to control i3wm

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-i3ipc on Fedora 36.

What is python3-i3ipc

i3’s interprocess communication (or ipc) is the interface i3wm uses to receive commands from client applications such as i3-msg. It also features a publish/subscribe mechanism for notifying interested parties of window manager events. i3ipc-python is a Python library for controlling the window manager. This project is intended to be useful for general scripting, and for applications that interact with the window manager like status line generators, notification daemons, and pagers.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-i3ipc on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-i3ipc.

Install python3-i3ipc 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-i3ipc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-i3ipc

Install python3-i3ipc 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-i3ipc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-i3ipc

How To Uninstall python3-i3ipc on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the python3-i3ipc package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-i3ipc

python3-i3ipc Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc-2.2.1-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc-2.2.1-py3.10.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc-2.2.1-py3.10.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc-2.2.1-py3.10.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc-2.2.1-py3.10.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc-2.2.1-py3.10.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/__pycache__/__version__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/__pycache__/__version__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/__pycache__/con.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/__pycache__/con.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/__pycache__/connection.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/__pycache__/connection.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/__pycache__/events.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/__pycache__/events.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/__pycache__/model.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/__pycache__/model.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/__pycache__/replies.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/__pycache__/replies.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/__version__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/_private
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/_private/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/_private/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/_private/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/_private/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/_private/__pycache__/pubsub.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/_private/__pycache__/pubsub.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/_private/__pycache__/sync.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/_private/__pycache__/sync.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/_private/__pycache__/types.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/_private/__pycache__/types.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/_private/pubsub.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/_private/sync.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/_private/types.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/aio
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/aio/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/aio/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/aio/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/aio/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/aio/__pycache__/connection.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/aio/__pycache__/connection.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/aio/connection.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/con.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/connection.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/events.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/model.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/i3ipc/replies.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-i3ipc
/usr/share/doc/python3-i3ipc/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-i3ipc
/usr/share/licenses/python3-i3ipc/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-i3ipc on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).