How To Install python3-filelock on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-filelock on Rocky Linux 8. python3-filelock is Documentation for filelock, A platform independent file lock

Introduction

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

What is `python3-filelock`

This package contains a single module, which implements a platform independent file locking mechanism for Python. The lock includes a lock counter and is thread safe. This means, when locking the same lock object twice, it will not block.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-filelock

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

sudo yum -y install python3-filelock

How To Uninstall python3-filelock on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-filelock

python3-filelock Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/filelock.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/filelock.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/filelock-3.0.12-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/filelock-3.0.12-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/filelock-3.0.12-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/filelock-3.0.12-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/filelock-3.0.12-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/filelock.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-filelock
/usr/share/doc/python3-filelock/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/python3-filelock
/usr/share/licenses/python3-filelock/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/py-filelock.1.gz

References

python3-filelock website

Summary

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