How To Install python2-pathspec on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-pathspec on Rocky Linux 8. python2-pathspec is Utility library for gitignore style pattern matching of file paths

Introduction

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

What is python2-pathspec

Path Specification (pathspec) is a utility library for pattern matching of file paths. So far this only includes Git’s wildmatch pattern matching which itself is derived from Rsync’s wildmatch. Git uses wildmatch for its gitignore files.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python2-pathspec

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

sudo yum -y install python2-pathspec

How To Uninstall python2-pathspec on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python2-pathspec

python2-pathspec Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec-0.6.0-py2.7.egg-info
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec-0.6.0-py2.7.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec-0.6.0-py2.7.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec-0.6.0-py2.7.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec-0.6.0-py2.7.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/compat.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/compat.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/compat.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/pathspec.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/pathspec.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/pathspec.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/pattern.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/pattern.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/pattern.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/patterns
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/patterns/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/patterns/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/patterns/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/patterns/gitwildmatch.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/patterns/gitwildmatch.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/patterns/gitwildmatch.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/tests
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/tests/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/tests/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/tests/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/tests/test_gitwildmatch.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/tests/test_gitwildmatch.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/tests/test_gitwildmatch.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/tests/test_pathspec.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/tests/test_pathspec.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/tests/test_pathspec.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/tests/test_util.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/tests/test_util.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/tests/test_util.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/util.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/util.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pathspec/util.pyo
/usr/share/doc/python2-pathspec
/usr/share/doc/python2-pathspec/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python2-pathspec
/usr/share/licenses/python2-pathspec/LICENSE

References

Summary

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