How To Install python38-lxml on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python38-lxml in AlmaLinux 8. python38-lxml is XML processing library combining libxml2/libxslt with the ElementTree API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python38-lxml on AlmaLinux 8.

What is python38-lxml

lxml is a Pythonic, mature binding for the libxml2 and libxslt libraries. It provides safe and convenient access to these libraries using the ElementTree It extends the ElementTree API significantly to offer support for XPath, RelaxNG, XML Schema, XSLT, C14N and much more.To contact the project, go to the project home page < or see our bug tracker at case you want to use the current … Python 3 version.

We can use yum or dnf to install python38-lxml on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python38-lxml.

Install python38-lxml 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 python38-lxml using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python38-lxml

Install python38-lxml 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 python38-lxml using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python38-lxml

How To Uninstall python38-lxml on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the python38-lxml package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python38-lxml

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python38-lxml on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.