How To Install platform-python-pip on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install platform-python-pip
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is platform-python-pip
pip is a package management system used to install and manage software packages written in Python. Many packages can be found in the Python Package Index (PyPI). pip is a recursive acronym that can stand for either “Pip Installs Packages” or “Pip Installs Python”.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install platform-python-pip
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install platform-python-pip.
Install platform-python-pip 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-pip
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install platform-python-pip
Install platform-python-pip 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-pip
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install platform-python-pip
How To Uninstall platform-python-pip on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the platform-python-pip
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove platform-python-pip
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install platform-python-pip
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.