How To Install python3-pwquality on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pwquality on Rocky Linux 8.
What is python3-pwquality
This is pwquality Python module that provides Python bindings for the libpwquality library. These bindings can be used for easy password quality checking and generation of random pronounceable passwords from Python applications.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3-pwquality on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-pwquality.
Install python3-pwquality 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-pwquality using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-pwquality
Install python3-pwquality 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-pwquality using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-pwquality
How To Uninstall python3-pwquality on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the python3-pwquality package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-pwquality
python3-pwquality Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a
/usr/lib/.build-id/7a/60ce30abed76264d184bff3a9fbfc971d5daa8
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pwquality-1.4.4-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pwquality.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pwquality on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.