How To Install python3-linux-procfs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-linux-procfs on Rocky Linux 8. python3-linux-procfs is Linux /proc abstraction classes

Introduction

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

What is python3-linux-procfs

Abstractions to extract information from the Linux kernel /proc files.

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

Install python3-linux-procfs 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-linux-procfs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-linux-procfs

Install python3-linux-procfs 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-linux-procfs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-linux-procfs

How To Uninstall python3-linux-procfs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-linux-procfs

python3-linux-procfs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/pflags
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/procfs
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/procfs/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/procfs/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/procfs/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/procfs/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/procfs/__pycache__/procfs.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/procfs/__pycache__/procfs.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/procfs/__pycache__/sysctl.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/procfs/__pycache__/sysctl.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/procfs/__pycache__/utilist.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/procfs/__pycache__/utilist.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/procfs/procfs.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/procfs/sysctl.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/procfs/utilist.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_linux_procfs-0.6.3-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_linux_procfs-0.6.3-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_linux_procfs-0.6.3-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_linux_procfs-0.6.3-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_linux_procfs-0.6.3-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/python_linux_procfs-0.6.3-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/share/licenses/python3-linux-procfs
/usr/share/licenses/python3-linux-procfs/COPYING

References

Summary

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