How To Install python3-rpm on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rpm on CentOS 8.
What is python3-rpm
The python3-rpm package contains a module that permits applications written in the Python programming language to use the interface supplied by RPM Package Manager libraries. This package should be installed if you want to develop Python 3 programs that will manipulate RPM packages and databases. The python3-rpm package contains a module that permits applications written in the Python programming language to use the interface supplied by RPM Package Manager libraries. This package should be installed if you want to develop Python 3 programs that will manipulate RPM packages and databases.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3-rpm on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-rpm.
Install python3-rpm on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install python3-rpm using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-rpm
Install python3-rpm on CentOS 8 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install python3-rpm using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-rpm
How To Uninstall python3-rpm on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the python3-rpm package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-rpm
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rpm on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.