How To Install python3-immutables on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-immutables in AlmaLinux 8. python3-immutables is Immutable Collections

Introduction

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

What is python3-immutables

An immutable mapping type for Python. The underlying datastructure is a Hash Array Mapped Trie (HAMT) used in Clojure, Scala, Haskell, and other functional languages. This implementation is used in CPython 3.7 in the contextvars module (see PEP 550 and PEP 567 for more details). Immutable mappings based on HAMT have O(log N) performance for both set() and get() operations, which is essentially O(1) for relatively small mappings.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-immutables

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

sudo yum -y install python3-immutables

How To Uninstall python3-immutables on AlmaLinux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-immutables

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Summary

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