How To Install python3-prefixed on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-prefixed on Rocky Linux 8. python3-prefixed is Prefixed alternative numeric library

Introduction

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

What is `python3-prefixed`

Prefixed provides an alternative implementation of the built-in float which supports formatted output with SI (decimal) and IEC (binary) prefixes.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-prefixed

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

sudo yum -y install python3-prefixed

How To Uninstall python3-prefixed on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-prefixed

python3-prefixed Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/prefixed
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/prefixed-0.3.2-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/prefixed-0.3.2-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/prefixed-0.3.2-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/prefixed-0.3.2-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/prefixed-0.3.2-py3.6.egg-info/not-zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/prefixed-0.3.2-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/prefixed/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/prefixed/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/prefixed/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/prefixed/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/doc/python3-prefixed
/usr/share/doc/python3-prefixed/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-prefixed
/usr/share/licenses/python3-prefixed/LICENSE

References

python3-prefixed website

Summary

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