How To Install python39-devel on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python39-devel on CentOS 8.
What is python39-devel
This package contains the header files and configuration needed to compile Python extension modules (typically written in C or C++), to embed Python into other programs, and to make binary distributions for Python libraries. It also contains the necessary macros to build RPM packages with Python modules and 2to3 tool, an automatic source converter from Python 2.X. If you want to build an RPM against the python39 module, you also need to install the python39-rpm-macros package.
We can use yum or dnf to install python39-devel on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python39-devel.
Install python39-devel on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install python39-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python39-devel
Install python39-devel 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 python39-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python39-devel
How To Uninstall python39-devel on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the python39-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python39-devel
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python39-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.