How To Install python3-simplejson on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-simplejson on AlmaLinux 8.
What is python3-simplejson
simplejson is a simple, fast, complete, correct and extensible JSON <http with no dependencies, but includes an optional C extension for a serious speed boost. The encoder may be subclassed to provide serialization in any kind of situation, without any special support by the objects to be serialized (somewhat like pickle). The decoder can handle incoming JSON strings of any specified encoding (UTF-8 by default). simplejson is the externally maintained development version of the JSON library included with Python. It gets updated more regularly than the JSON module in the Python stdlib.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3-simplejson on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-simplejson.
Install python3-simplejson on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install python3-simplejson using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-simplejson
Install python3-simplejson on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install python3-simplejson using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-simplejson
How To Uninstall python3-simplejson on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the python3-simplejson package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-simplejson
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-simplejson on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
