How To Install python38-setuptools-wheel on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python38-setuptools-wheel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is python38-setuptools-wheel

A Python wheel of setuptools to use with venv.

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

Install python38-setuptools-wheel 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 python38-setuptools-wheel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python38-setuptools-wheel

Install python38-setuptools-wheel 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 python38-setuptools-wheel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python38-setuptools-wheel

How To Uninstall python38-setuptools-wheel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python38-setuptools-wheel

python38-setuptools-wheel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/licenses/python38-setuptools-wheel
/usr/share/licenses/python38-setuptools-wheel/LICENSE
/usr/share/python38-wheels
/usr/share/python38-wheels/setuptools-41.6.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl

References

• python38-setuptools-wheel website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python38-setuptools-wheel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.