How To Install python3-cantor on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cantor on Rocky Linux 8. python3-cantor is cantor python3 backend

Introduction

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

What is `python3-cantor`

cantor python3 backend.

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

Install python3-cantor 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-cantor using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-cantor

Install python3-cantor 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-cantor using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-cantor

How To Uninstall python3-cantor on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-cantor

python3-cantor Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/xdg/cantor_python3.knsrc
/usr/bin/cantor_python3server
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/8e5f2018e543445f163daee76250c5f40fc6da
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/b6f603f368387a3f98955f2ca91d0f6d705f9b
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/cantor/backends/cantor_python3backend.so
/usr/share/config.kcfg/python3backend.kcfg

References

python3-cantor website

Summary

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