How to Install and Uninstall platform-python.x86_64 Package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

Last updated: January 10,2025

1. Install "platform-python.x86_64" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install platform-python.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)


    
        
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "platform-python.x86_64" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall platform-python.x86_64 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8):


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the platform-python.x86_64 package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 (RHEL 8)

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Installed Packages
Name : platform-python
Version : 3.6.8
Release : 56.el8_9.3
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 40 k
Source : python3-3.6.8-56.el8_9.3.src.rpm
Repository : @System
Summary : Internal interpreter of the Python programming language
URL : https://www.python.org/
License : Python
Description : This is the internal interpreter of the Python language for the system.
: To use Python yourself, please install one of the available Python 3 packages,
: for example python36.