How To Install python2-pysocks on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-pysocks on Rocky Linux 8. python2-pysocks is A Python SOCKS client module

Introduction

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

What is `python2-pysocks`

A fork of SocksiPy with bug fixes and extra features. Acts as a drop-in replacement to the socket module. Featuring - SOCKS proxy client for Python 2.6 - 3.x - TCP and UDP both supported - HTTP proxy client included but not supported or recommended (you should use urllib2’s or requests’ own HTTP proxy interface) - urllib2 handler included.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python2-pysocks

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

sudo yum -y install python2-pysocks

How To Uninstall python2-pysocks on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python2-pysocks

python2-pysocks Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PySocks-1.6.8-py2.7.egg-info
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PySocks-1.6.8-py2.7.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PySocks-1.6.8-py2.7.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PySocks-1.6.8-py2.7.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/PySocks-1.6.8-py2.7.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/socks.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/socks.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/socks.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sockshandler.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sockshandler.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sockshandler.pyo
/usr/share/doc/python2-pysocks
/usr/share/doc/python2-pysocks/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/python2-pysocks
/usr/share/licenses/python2-pysocks/LICENSE

References

python2-pysocks website

Summary

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