How To Install python3-asteval on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-asteval on Rocky Linux 8.
What is python3-asteval
ASTEVAL is a safe(ish) evaluator of Python expressions and statements, using Python’s ast module. The idea is to provide a simple, safe, and robust miniature mathematical language that can handle user-input. The emphasis here is on mathematical expressions, and so many functions from numpy are imported and used if available.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3-asteval on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-asteval.
Install python3-asteval 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 python3-asteval using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-asteval
Install python3-asteval 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 python3-asteval using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-asteval
How To Uninstall python3-asteval on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the python3-asteval package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-asteval
python3-asteval Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asteval
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asteval-0.9.18-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asteval-0.9.18-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asteval-0.9.18-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asteval-0.9.18-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asteval-0.9.18-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asteval/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asteval/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asteval/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asteval/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asteval/__pycache__/_version.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asteval/__pycache__/_version.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asteval/__pycache__/asteval.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asteval/__pycache__/asteval.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asteval/__pycache__/astutils.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asteval/__pycache__/astutils.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asteval/_version.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asteval/asteval.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/asteval/astutils.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-asteval
/usr/share/doc/python3-asteval/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-asteval
/usr/share/licenses/python3-asteval/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-asteval on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.