How To Install python3-redis on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-redis on Rocky Linux 8. python3-redis is Python 3 interface to the Redis key-value store

Introduction

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

What is python3-redis

This is a Python 3 interface to the Redis key-value store.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-redis

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

sudo yum -y install python3-redis

How To Uninstall python3-redis on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-redis

python3-redis Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis-3.5.3-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis-3.5.3-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis-3.5.3-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis-3.5.3-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis-3.5.3-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis-3.5.3-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/__pycache__/_compat.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/__pycache__/_compat.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/__pycache__/client.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/__pycache__/client.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/__pycache__/connection.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/__pycache__/connection.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/__pycache__/lock.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/__pycache__/lock.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/__pycache__/sentinel.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/__pycache__/sentinel.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/__pycache__/utils.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/__pycache__/utils.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/_compat.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/client.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/connection.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/exceptions.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/lock.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/sentinel.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/redis/utils.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-redis
/usr/share/doc/python3-redis/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/python3-redis/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/python3-redis/README.rst

References

Summary

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