How To Install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK on AlmaLinux 8.
What is python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK
The AWS IoT Device SDK for Python allows developers to write Python script to use their devices to access the AWS IoT platform through MQTT or MQTT over the WebSocket protocol. By connecting their devices to AWS IoT, users can securely work with the message broker, rules, and the device shadow (sometimes referred to as a thing shadow) provided by AWS IoT and with other AWS services like AWS Lambda, Amazon Kinesis, Amazon S3, and more.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK.
Install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK 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 python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK
Install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK 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 python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK
How To Uninstall python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.