How To Install python3-kmod on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-kmod on Rocky Linux 8. python3-kmod is Python module to work with kernel modules

Introduction

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

What is python3-kmod

Python module to allow listing, loading, and unloading Linux kernel modules, using libkmod.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-kmod

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

sudo yum -y install python3-kmod

How To Uninstall python3-kmod on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-kmod

python3-kmod Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/576c2c791b91ae6d969d4fe1e3fd715bbd9cc3
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/3025023e481de0f5fc86bce860a949c1bd1bbd
/usr/lib/.build-id/65
/usr/lib/.build-id/65/fc2a15605f77d3fce2ceacda69fdb9069551fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/8da650ef096ad087c60686f305b0b0ea8148e2
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/kmod
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/kmod-0.1-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/kmod/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/kmod/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/kmod/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/kmod/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/kmod/__pycache__/error.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/kmod/__pycache__/error.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/kmod/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/kmod/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/kmod/_util.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/kmod/error.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/kmod/kmod.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/kmod/list.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/kmod/module.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/kmod/version.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-kmod
/usr/share/doc/python3-kmod/README
/usr/share/licenses/python3-kmod
/usr/share/licenses/python3-kmod/COPYING.LESSER

References

Summary

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