How To Install python2-six on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-six on Rocky Linux 8.
What is python2-six
python2-six provides simple utilities for wrapping over differences between Python 2 and Python 3.
We can use yum or dnf to install python2-six on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python2-six.
Install python2-six 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-six using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python2-six
Install python2-six 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-six using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python2-six
How To Uninstall python2-six on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the python2-six package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python2-six
python2-six Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/six-1.11.0.dist-info
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/six-1.11.0.dist-info/INSTALLER
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/six-1.11.0.dist-info/METADATA
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/six-1.11.0.dist-info/RECORD
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/six-1.11.0.dist-info/WHEEL
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/six-1.11.0.dist-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/six.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/six.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/six.pyo
/usr/share/doc/python2-six
/usr/share/doc/python2-six/README.rst
/usr/share/doc/python2-six/index.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python2-six
/usr/share/licenses/python2-six/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-six on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.