How To Install python3-flit on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-flit on Rocky Linux 8. python3-flit is Simplified packaging of Python modules

Introduction

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

What is `python3-flit`

Flit is a simple way to put Python packages and modules on PyPI. Flit only creates packages in the new ‘wheel’ format. People using older versions of pip (<1.5) or easy_install will not be able to install them. Flit packages a single importable module or package at a time, using the import name as the name on PyPI. All subpackages and data files within a package are included automatically. Flit requires Python 3, but you can use it to distribute modules for Python 2, so long as they can be imported on Python 3.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-flit

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

sudo yum -y install python3-flit

How To Uninstall python3-flit on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-flit

python3-flit Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/flit
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit-1.3.dist-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit-1.3.dist-info/INSTALLER
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit-1.3.dist-info/LICENSE
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit-1.3.dist-info/METADATA
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit-1.3.dist-info/RECORD
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit-1.3.dist-info/WHEEL
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit-1.3.dist-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__main__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/_get_dirs.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/_get_dirs.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/build.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/build.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/buildapi.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/buildapi.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/common.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/common.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/inifile.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/inifile.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/init.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/init.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/install.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/install.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/installfrom.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/installfrom.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/log.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/log.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/logo.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/logo.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/sdist.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/sdist.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/tomlify.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/tomlify.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/upload.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/upload.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/validate.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/validate.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/wheel.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/__pycache__/wheel.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/_get_dirs.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/build.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/buildapi.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/common.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/inifile.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/init.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/install.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/installfrom.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/license_templates
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/license_templates/apache
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/license_templates/gpl3
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/license_templates/mit
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/log.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/logo.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/sdist.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/tomlify.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/upload.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/validate.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vcs
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vcs/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vcs/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vcs/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vcs/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vcs/__pycache__/git.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vcs/__pycache__/git.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vcs/__pycache__/hg.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vcs/__pycache__/hg.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vcs/git.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vcs/hg.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vendorized
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vendorized/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vendorized/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vendorized/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vendorized/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vendorized/readme
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vendorized/readme/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vendorized/readme/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vendorized/readme/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vendorized/readme/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vendorized/readme/__pycache__/clean.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vendorized/readme/__pycache__/clean.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vendorized/readme/__pycache__/rst.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vendorized/readme/__pycache__/rst.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vendorized/readme/clean.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/vendorized/readme/rst.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flit/wheel.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-flit
/usr/share/doc/python3-flit/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-flit
/usr/share/licenses/python3-flit/LICENSE

References

python3-flit website

Summary

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