How To Install openscap-python3 on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openscap-python3 on Rocky Linux 8.
What is openscap-python3
The openscap-python3 package contains the bindings so that openscap libraries can be used by python3.
We can use yum or dnf to install openscap-python3 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openscap-python3.
Install openscap-python3 on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install openscap-python3 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install openscap-python3
Install openscap-python3 on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install openscap-python3 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install openscap-python3
How To Uninstall openscap-python3 on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the openscap-python3 package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove openscap-python3
openscap-python3 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/331b30fb8ef312444d9cf5220e4b49f314d6b3
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/openscap_api.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/openscap_api.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/openscap_py.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/openscap_py.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/_openscap_py.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/openscap_api.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/openscap_py.py
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openscap-python3 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.