How To Install python3-xcffib on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-xcffib on AlmaLinux 8.
What is python3-xcffib
xcffib is intended to be a (mostly) drop-in replacement for xpyb. xpyb has an inactive upstream, several memory leaks, is python2 only and doesn’t have pypy support. xcffib is a binding which uses cffi, which mitigates some of the issues described above. xcffib also builds bindings for 27 of the 29 (xprint and xkb are missing) X extensions in 1.10.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3-xcffib on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-xcffib.
Install python3-xcffib 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-xcffib using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-xcffib
Install python3-xcffib 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-xcffib using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-xcffib
How To Uninstall python3-xcffib on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the python3-xcffib package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-xcffib
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-xcffib on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.
