How To Install python3-ply on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ply on AlmaLinux 8.
What is python3-ply
PLY is a straightforward lex/yacc implementation. Here is a list of its essential features * It is implemented entirely in Python. * It uses LR-parsing which is reasonably efficient and well suited for larger grammars. * PLY provides most of the standard lex/yacc features including support for empty productions, precedence rules, error recovery, and support for ambiguous grammars. * PLY is straightforward to use and provides very extensive error checking. * PLY doesn’t try to do anything more or less than provide the basic lex/yacc functionality. In other words, it’s not a large parsing framework or a component of some larger system. Python 3 version.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3-ply on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-ply.
Install python3-ply on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install python3-ply using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-ply
Install python3-ply on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install python3-ply using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-ply
How To Uninstall python3-ply on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the python3-ply package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-ply
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ply on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
