How To Install python3-flufl-lock on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-flufl-lock on Rocky Linux 8. python3-flufl-lock is NFS-safe file locking with timeouts for POSIX systems

Introduction

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

What is `python3-flufl-lock`

The flufl.lock library provides an NFS-safe file-based locking algorithm influenced by the GNU/Linux “open(2)” man page, under the description of the “O_EXCL” option.

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

Install python3-flufl-lock 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-flufl-lock using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-flufl-lock

Install python3-flufl-lock 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-flufl-lock using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-flufl-lock

How To Uninstall python3-flufl-lock on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-flufl-lock

python3-flufl-lock Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl.lock-3.2-py3.6-nspkg.pth
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl.lock-3.2-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl.lock-3.2-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl.lock-3.2-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl.lock-3.2-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl.lock-3.2-py3.6.egg-info/namespace_packages.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl.lock-3.2-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl.lock-3.2-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/__pycache__/_lockfile.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/__pycache__/_lockfile.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/__pycache__/conf.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/__pycache__/conf.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/_lockfile.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/testing
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/testing/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/testing/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/testing/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/testing/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/testing/__pycache__/helpers.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/testing/__pycache__/helpers.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/testing/helpers.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/tests
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/tests/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/tests/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/tests/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/tests/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/tests/__pycache__/test_lockfile.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/tests/__pycache__/test_lockfile.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/flufl/lock/tests/test_lockfile.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-flufl-lock
/usr/share/doc/python3-flufl-lock/NEWS.rst
/usr/share/doc/python3-flufl-lock/README.rst
/usr/share/doc/python3-flufl-lock/using.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-flufl-lock
/usr/share/licenses/python3-flufl-lock/LICENSE

References

python3-flufl-lock website

Summary

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