How To Install platform-python-debug on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install platform-python-debug on AlmaLinux 8.
What is platform-python-debug
python3-debug provides a version of the Python runtime with numerous debugging features enabled, aimed at advanced Python users such as developers of Python extension modules. This version uses more memory and will be slower than the regular Python build, but is useful for tracking down reference-counting issues and other bugs. The bytecode format is unchanged, so that .pyc files are compatible between this and the standard version of Python, but the debugging features mean that C/C++ extension modules are ABI-incompatible and must be built for each version separately. The debug build shares installation directories with the standard Python runtime, so that .py and .pyc files can be shared. Compiled extension modules use a special ABI flag (“d”) in the filename, so extensions for both versions can co-exist in the same directory.
We can use yum or dnf to install platform-python-debug on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install platform-python-debug.
Install platform-python-debug 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-debug using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install platform-python-debug
Install platform-python-debug 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-debug using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install platform-python-debug
How To Uninstall platform-python-debug on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the platform-python-debug package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove platform-python-debug
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install platform-python-debug on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
