How To Install python3-gevent on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gevent in AlmaLinux 8. python3-gevent is A coroutine-based Python networking library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gevent on AlmaLinux 8.

What is python3-gevent

gevent is a coroutine-based Python networking library that uses greenlet to provide a high-level synchronous API on top of libevent event loop. Features include * convenient API around greenlets * familiar synchronization primitives (gevent.event, gevent.queue) * socket module that cooperates * WSGI server on top of libevent-http * DNS requests done through libevent-dns * monkey patching utility to get pure Python modules to cooperate Python 3 version.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-gevent

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

sudo yum -y install python3-gevent

How To Uninstall python3-gevent on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-gevent

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gevent on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.