How To Install python3-configargparse on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-configargparse on AlmaLinux 8.
What is python3-configargparse
Applications with more than a handful of user-settable options are best configured through a combination of command line args, config files, hard coded defaults, and in some cases, environment variables. Python’s command line parsing modules such as argparse have very limited support for config files and environment variables, so this module extends argparse to add these features.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3-configargparse on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-configargparse.
Install python3-configargparse 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-configargparse using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-configargparse
Install python3-configargparse 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-configargparse using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-configargparse
How To Uninstall python3-configargparse on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the python3-configargparse package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-configargparse
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-configargparse on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.