How To Install python3-pylev on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pylev in Fedora 36. python3-pylev is Liberally licensed, pure Python Levenshtein implementation

Introduction

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

What is python3-pylev

A pure Python Levenshtein implementation that’s not freaking GPL’d. Based off the Wikipedia code samples at https

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-pylev

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

sudo yum -y install python3-pylev

How To Uninstall python3-pylev on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove python3-pylev

python3-pylev Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/pylev.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/__pycache__/pylev.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pylev-1.3.0-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pylev-1.3.0-py3.10.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pylev-1.3.0-py3.10.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pylev-1.3.0-py3.10.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pylev-1.3.0-py3.10.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pylev.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-pylev
/usr/share/doc/python3-pylev/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pylev
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pylev/LICENSE

References

Summary

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