How To Install platform-python on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install platform-python on AlmaLinux 8.
What is platform-python
This is the internal interpreter of the Python language for the system. To use Python yourself, please install one of the available Python 3 packages, for example python36.
We can use yum or dnf to install platform-python on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install platform-python.
Install platform-python on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install platform-python using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install platform-python
Install platform-python on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install platform-python using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install platform-python
How To Uninstall platform-python on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the platform-python package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove platform-python
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install platform-python on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.