How To Install python3-ifcfg on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ifcfg in AlmaLinux 8. python3-ifcfg is Python cross-platform network interface discovery (ifconfig/ipconfig/ip)

Introduction

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

What is python3-ifcfg

Ifcfg is a cross-platform library for parsing ifconfig and ipconfig output in Python. It is useful for pulling information such as IP, Netmask, MAC Address, Hostname, etc. A fallback to ip is included for newer Unix systems w/o ifconfig.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-ifcfg

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

sudo yum -y install python3-ifcfg

How To Uninstall python3-ifcfg on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-ifcfg

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Summary

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