How To Install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK on CentOS 8. python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK is SDK for connecting to AWS IoT using Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK on CentOS 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 CentOS 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 CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK

Install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK

How To Uninstall python3-AWSIoTPythonSDK on CentOS 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 CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.