How To Install python3-pid on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pid on Rocky Linux 8. python3-pid is PID file management library

Introduction

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

What is `python3-pid`

pid provides a PidFile class that manages PID files. PidFile features - stale detection - locking using fcntl - chmod (default is 0o644) - chown - custom exceptions PidFile can also be used as a context manager or a decorator.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-pid

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

sudo yum -y install python3-pid

How To Uninstall python3-pid on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-pid

python3-pid Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pid
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pid-2.1.1-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pid-2.1.1-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pid-2.1.1-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pid-2.1.1-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pid-2.1.1-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pid/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pid/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pid/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pid/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pid/__pycache__/decorator.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pid/__pycache__/decorator.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pid/decorator.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-pid
/usr/share/doc/python3-pid/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/python3-pid/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/python3-pid/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pid
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pid/LICENSE

References

python3-pid website

Summary

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