How To Install python3-async-timeout on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-async-timeout on Rocky Linux 8. python3-async-timeout is Asyncio-compatible timeout context manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-async-timeout on Rocky Linux 8.

What is python3-async-timeout

asyncio-compatible timeout context manager The context manager is useful in cases when you want to apply timeout logic around block of code or in cases when asyncio.wait_for() is not suitable. Also it’s much faster than asyncio.wait_for() because timeout doesn’t create a new task.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-async-timeout on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-async-timeout.

Install python3-async-timeout 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-async-timeout using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-async-timeout

Install python3-async-timeout 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-async-timeout using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-async-timeout

How To Uninstall python3-async-timeout on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python3-async-timeout package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-async-timeout

python3-async-timeout Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/async_timeout
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/async_timeout-3.0.1-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/async_timeout-3.0.1-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/async_timeout-3.0.1-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/async_timeout-3.0.1-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/async_timeout-3.0.1-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/async_timeout/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/async_timeout/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/async_timeout/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/async_timeout/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/async_timeout/py.typed
/usr/share/doc/python3-async-timeout
/usr/share/doc/python3-async-timeout/CHANGES.rst
/usr/share/doc/python3-async-timeout/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-async-timeout
/usr/share/licenses/python3-async-timeout/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-async-timeout on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.