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Chapter 39. Introduction to Nmstate

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39.1. Using the libnmstate library in a Python application

Describe the issue:

Documentation says, "Note that you must install the nmstate package to use this library." 

This note is incomplete as installing the nmstate package in RHEL 9.4 does not install the necessary Python packages. 

In RHEL 8.10, the nmstate package does install the Python packages.

Suggestions for improvement:

Modify nmstate package to include dependencies or document the additional packages needed.

Additional information:

On RHEL 8.10, nmstate installs the Python packages

$ sudo dnf install nmstate
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Installing:
 nmstate                             x86_64        1.4.6-2.el8_10            rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms        2.4 M
Installing dependencies:
 nispor                              x86_64        1.2.10-1.el8              rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms        1.7 M
 python3-jsonschema                  noarch        2.6.0-4.el8               rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms         82 k
 python3-libnmstate                  noarch        1.4.6-2.el8_10            rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms        308 k
 python3-nispor                      noarch        1.2.10-1.el8              rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms         42 k
 python3-varlink                     noarch        29.0.0-1.el8              rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms            49 k
Installing weak dependencies:
 NetworkManager-config-server        noarch        1:1.40.16-15.el8_9        rhel-8-for-x86_64-baseos-rpms           143 kTransaction Summary
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Total download size: 4.7 M
Installed size: 14 M

On RHEL 9.4, the Python packages need to be installed separately: 

$ sudo dnf install nispor python3-jsonschema python3-libnmstate python3-nispor python3-varlink NetworkManager-config-server
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Package python3-jsonschema-3.2.0-13.el9.noarch is already installed.
No match for argument: python3-varlink
Package NetworkManager-config-server-1:1.46.0-13.el9_4.noarch is already installed.
Error: Unable to find a match: python3-varlink

$ sudo dnf install nispor python3-jsonschema python3-libnmstate python3-nispor
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Package python3-jsonschema-3.2.0-13.el9.noarch is already installed.
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 nispor                       x86_64           1.2.14-1.el9               rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms           1.5 M
 python3-libnmstate           x86_64           2.2.33-1.el9_4             rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms            50 k
 python3-nispor               noarch           1.2.14-1.el9               rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms            58 k
Installing dependencies:
 nmstate-libs                 x86_64           2.2.33-1.el9_4             rhel-9-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms           2.4 MTransaction Summary
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Total download size: 4.0 M
Installed size: 13 M