How To Install python3-pkgconfig on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pkgconfig in Fedora 36. python3-pkgconfig is Python3 interface to the pkg-config command line tool

Introduction

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

What is `python3-pkgconfig`

pkgconfig is a Python module to interface with the pkg-config command line tool and supports Python 2.6+. It can be used to * check if a package exists * check if a package meets certain version requirements * query CFLAGS and LDFLAGS * parse the output to build extensions with setup.py If pkg-config is not on the path, raises EnvironmentError. Python 3 version.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-pkgconfig

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

sudo yum -y install python3-pkgconfig

How To Uninstall python3-pkgconfig on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove python3-pkgconfig

python3-pkgconfig Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkgconfig
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkgconfig-1.5.5-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkgconfig-1.5.5-py3.10.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkgconfig-1.5.5-py3.10.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkgconfig-1.5.5-py3.10.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkgconfig-1.5.5-py3.10.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkgconfig/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkgconfig/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkgconfig/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkgconfig/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkgconfig/__pycache__/pkgconfig.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkgconfig/__pycache__/pkgconfig.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pkgconfig/pkgconfig.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-pkgconfig
/usr/share/doc/python3-pkgconfig/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pkgconfig
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pkgconfig/LICENSE

References

python3-pkgconfig website

Summary

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