How to install python3-devel on red hat 7
Search for the package in yum , use the following command:
yum search python3 | grep devel
It will list all the available devel packages. The result will be somewhat like this
python3-cairo-devel.x86_64 : Libraries and headers for python3-cairo python3-devel.x86_64 : Libraries and header files needed for Python 3 : development python34-devel.x86_64 : Libraries and header files needed for Python 3 : development
Then you can choose the package you want to install from the list , suppose if you want to to install python3-devel , execute the following
yum install -y python3-devel.x86_64
There are no python3-*
packages from Red Hat in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or 7.
However there are python3-*
packages available if you enable third party repos like EPEL or IUS. But, these are not supported by Red Hat. Chances are if you are running RHEL, your organization has a preference for supported packages.
You can get supported Python 3 packages from Red Hat via Red Hat Software Collections (RHSCL). Currently Python 3.6 is the newest available, the package name is rh-python36. Installing the RHSCL package will also install rh-python36-devel and a number of other packages.
See How to install Python 3, pip, venv, virtualenv, and pipenv on RHEL
Don't forget to install @development first, so you have gcc, make, etc. for building any dynamically loaded shared objects.
To install:
$ su -
# subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-optional-rpms \
--enable rhel-server-rhscl-7-rpms
# yum -y install @development
# yum -y install rh-python36
# yum -y install rh-python36-numpy \
rh-python36-scipy \
rh-python36-python-tools \
rh-python36-python-six
# exit
The blog linked above has lots of tips for working with Python, virtual environments, as well as software collections on Red Hat.
I thought I might update this for 2020. As of RHEL 7.7, python-devel is not available in EPEL, it has been retired by Fedora Project. All I wanted for today was the python h files, and this got me there:
# yum install python3-devel.x86_64 --enablerepo=rhel-7-server-optional-rpms
We do have one of the Redhat No-Cost Developer licenses, but I am not sure that is required for the optional-rpms.
PS, this was helpful in verifying which packages of interest were in optional-rpms
# yum repo-pkgs rhel-7-server-optional-rpms list | grep python3