How To Install python3-rpm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rpm.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. python3-rpm.x86_64 is Python 3 bindings for apps which will manipulate RPM packages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rpm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is python3-rpm.x86_64

The python3-rpm package contains a module that permits applications written in the Python programming language to use the interface supplied by RPM Package Manager libraries. This package should be installed if you want to develop Python 3 programs that will manipulate RPM packages and databases.

We can use yum to install python3-rpm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-rpm.x86_64.

Install python3-rpm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-rpm.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-rpm.x86_64

How To Uninstall python3-rpm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the python3-rpm.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove python3-rpm.x86_64

python3-rpm.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/rpm
/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/rpm/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/rpm/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/rpm/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-37.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/rpm/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-37.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/rpm/__pycache__/transaction.cpython-37.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/rpm/__pycache__/transaction.cpython-37.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/rpm/_rpm.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/rpm/_rpmb.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/rpm/_rpms.cpython-37m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/rpm/transaction.py
/usr/lib64/python3.7/site-packages/rpm_python-4.11.3-py3.7.egg-info

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rpm.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.