How To Install python3-wcwidth on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-wcwidth on Rocky Linux 8. python3-wcwidth is Measures number of Terminal column cells of wide-character codes

Introduction

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

What is python3-wcwidth

This API is mainly for Terminal Emulator implementors, or those writing programs that expect to interpreted by a terminal emulator and wish to determine the printable width of a string on a Terminal.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-wcwidth

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

sudo yum -y install python3-wcwidth

How To Uninstall python3-wcwidth on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-wcwidth

python3-wcwidth Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth-0.2.5-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth-0.2.5-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth-0.2.5-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth-0.2.5-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth-0.2.5-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth-0.2.5-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth-0.2.5-py3.6.egg-info/zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth/__pycache__/table_wide.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth/__pycache__/table_wide.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth/__pycache__/table_zero.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth/__pycache__/table_zero.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth/__pycache__/unicode_versions.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth/__pycache__/unicode_versions.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth/__pycache__/wcwidth.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth/__pycache__/wcwidth.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth/table_wide.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth/table_zero.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth/unicode_versions.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/wcwidth/wcwidth.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-wcwidth
/usr/share/doc/python3-wcwidth/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-wcwidth
/usr/share/licenses/python3-wcwidth/LICENSE

References

Summary

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