How To Install python39-setuptools on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python39-setuptools
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is python39-setuptools
Setuptools is a collection of enhancements to the Python 3 distutils that allow you to more easily build and distribute Python 3 packages, especially ones that have dependencies on other packages. This package also contains the runtime components of setuptools, necessary to execute the software that requires pkg_resources.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install python39-setuptools
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python39-setuptools.
Install python39-setuptools 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 python39-setuptools
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python39-setuptools
Install python39-setuptools 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 python39-setuptools
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python39-setuptools
How To Uninstall python39-setuptools on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the python39-setuptools
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python39-setuptools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python39-setuptools
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.