How To Install python3-markdown2 on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-markdown2 on Rocky Linux 8. python3-markdown2 is A fast and complete Python implementation of Markdown

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-markdown2 on Rocky Linux 8.

What is python3-markdown2

Markdown is a text-to-HTML filter; it translates an easy-to-read / easy-to-write structured text format into HTML. Markdown’s text format is most similar to that of plain text email, and supports features such as headers, emphasis, code blocks, blockquotes, and links. This is a fast and complete Python implementation of the Markdown spec. For information about markdown itself, see http

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-markdown2 on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-markdown2.

Install python3-markdown2 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-markdown2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-markdown2

Install python3-markdown2 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-markdown2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-markdown2

How To Uninstall python3-markdown2 on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python3-markdown2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-markdown2

python3-markdown2 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/markdown2
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/markdown2.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/markdown2.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/markdown2-2.4.0-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/markdown2-2.4.0-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/markdown2-2.4.0-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/markdown2-2.4.0-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/markdown2-2.4.0-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/markdown2.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-markdown2
/usr/share/doc/python3-markdown2/CHANGES.md
/usr/share/doc/python3-markdown2/CONTRIBUTORS.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-markdown2/TODO.txt
/usr/share/licenses/python3-markdown2
/usr/share/licenses/python3-markdown2/LICENSE.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-markdown2 on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.