How To Install python2-memcached on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-memcached on Rocky Linux 8. python2-memcached is A Python memcached client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-memcached on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `python2-memcached`

This software is a 100% Python interface to the memcached memory cache daemon. It is the client side software which allows storing values in one or more, possibly remote, memcached servers. Search google for memcached for more information.

We can use yum or dnf to install python2-memcached on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python2-memcached.

Install python2-memcached 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 python2-memcached using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python2-memcached

Install python2-memcached 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 python2-memcached using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python2-memcached

How To Uninstall python2-memcached on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python2-memcached package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python2-memcached

python2-memcached Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/memcache.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/memcache.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/memcache.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/python_memcached-1.58-py2.7.egg-info
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/python_memcached-1.58-py2.7.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/python_memcached-1.58-py2.7.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/python_memcached-1.58-py2.7.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/python_memcached-1.58-py2.7.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/python_memcached-1.58-py2.7.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/share/doc/python2-memcached
/usr/share/doc/python2-memcached/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/python2-memcached/README.md

References

python2-memcached website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-memcached on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.