How To Install python3-pyxdg on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pyxdg on Rocky Linux 8. python3-pyxdg is Python3 library to access freedesktop.org standards

Introduction

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

What is `python3-pyxdg`

PyXDG is a python library to access freedesktop.org standards. This package contains a Python 3 version of PyXDG.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-pyxdg

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

sudo yum -y install python3-pyxdg

How To Uninstall python3-pyxdg on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-pyxdg

python3-pyxdg Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyxdg-0.25-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/BaseDirectory.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/Config.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/DesktopEntry.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/Exceptions.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/IconTheme.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/IniFile.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/Locale.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/Menu.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/MenuEditor.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/Mime.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/RecentFiles.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/BaseDirectory.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/BaseDirectory.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/Config.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/Config.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/DesktopEntry.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/DesktopEntry.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/Exceptions.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/Exceptions.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/IconTheme.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/IconTheme.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/IniFile.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/IniFile.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/Locale.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/Locale.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/Menu.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/Menu.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/MenuEditor.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/MenuEditor.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/Mime.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/Mime.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/RecentFiles.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/RecentFiles.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/util.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/__pycache__/util.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/xdg/util.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-pyxdg
/usr/share/doc/python3-pyxdg/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/python3-pyxdg/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/python3-pyxdg/README
/usr/share/doc/python3-pyxdg/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pyxdg
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pyxdg/COPYING

References

python3-pyxdg website

Summary

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