How To Install python3-serpent on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-serpent on Rocky Linux 8. python3-serpent is Serialization based on ast.literal_eval

Introduction

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

What is python3-serpent

Serpent is a simple serialization library based on ast.literal_eval. Because it only serializes literals and recreates the objects using ast.literal_eval(), the serialized data is safe to transport to other machines (over the network for instance) and de-serialize it there.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-serpent

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

sudo yum -y install python3-serpent

How To Uninstall python3-serpent on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-serpent

python3-serpent Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/serpent.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/serpent.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/serpent-1.30.2-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/serpent-1.30.2-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/serpent-1.30.2-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/serpent-1.30.2-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/serpent-1.30.2-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/serpent.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-serpent
/usr/share/doc/python3-serpent/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/python3-serpent
/usr/share/licenses/python3-serpent/LICENSE

References

Summary

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