How To Install python3-sip-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sip-devel on Rocky Linux 8. python3-sip-devel is Files needed to generate Python bindings for any C++ class library

Introduction

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

What is python3-sip-devel

Files needed to generate Python bindings for any C++ class library.

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

Install python3-sip-devel 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-sip-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-sip-devel

Install python3-sip-devel 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-sip-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-sip-devel

How To Uninstall python3-sip-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-sip-devel

python3-sip-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/python3.6m/sip.h
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/sipconfig.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/sipconfig.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/sipdistutils.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/sipdistutils.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sipconfig.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/sipdistutils.py
/usr/include/python3.6m/sip.h
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/sipconfig.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/sipconfig.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/sipdistutils.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/sipdistutils.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/sipconfig.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/sipdistutils.py

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Summary

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