How To Install python3-monotonic on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-monotonic on Rocky Linux 8. python3-monotonic is An implementation of time.monotonic() for Python 2 & < 3.3

Introduction

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

What is python3-monotonic

This module provides a monotonic() function which returns the value (in fractional seconds) of a clock which never goes backwards. On Python 3.3 or newer, monotonic will be an alias of time.monotonic from the standard library. On older versions, it will fall back to an equivalent platform specific implementation.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-monotonic

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

sudo yum -y install python3-monotonic

How To Uninstall python3-monotonic on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-monotonic

python3-monotonic Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/monotonic.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/monotonic.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/monotonic-1.5-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/monotonic-1.5-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/monotonic-1.5-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/monotonic-1.5-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/monotonic-1.5-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/monotonic.py
/usr/share/licenses/python3-monotonic
/usr/share/licenses/python3-monotonic/LICENSE

References

Summary

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