How To Install python38-debug on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python38-debug on CentOS 8.
What is python38-debug
python38-debug provides a version of the Python runtime with numerous debugging features enabled, aimed at advanced Python users such as developers of Python extension modules. This version uses more memory and will be slower than the regular Python build, but is useful for tracking down reference-counting issues and other bugs. The debug build shares installation directories with the standard Python runtime. Python modules – source (.py), bytecode (.pyc), and C-API extensions (.cpython*.so) – are compatible between this and the standard version of Python. The debug runtime additionally supports debug builds of C-API extensions (with the “d” ABI flag) for debugging issues in those extensions.
We can use yum or dnf to install python38-debug on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python38-debug.
Install python38-debug on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install python38-debug using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python38-debug
Install python38-debug on CentOS 8 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install python38-debug using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python38-debug
How To Uninstall python38-debug on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the python38-debug package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python38-debug
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python38-debug on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.