How to install python-setuptools on CentOS 8?

Question

On the understanding that both python-setuptools and python-devel packages are required by bench for a scripted install:

[nsaunders@rolly ~]$ 
[nsaunders@rolly ~]$ sudo yum install -y python-setuptools python-devel
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No match for argument: python-setuptools
No match for argument: python-devel
Error: Unable to find a match: python-setuptools python-devel
[nsaunders@rolly ~]$ 
[nsaunders@rolly ~]$ uname -a
Linux rolly 4.18.0-193.19.1.el8_2.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Sep 14 14:37:00 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[nsaunders@rolly ~]$ 
[nsaunders@rolly ~]$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    :core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: CentOS
Description:    CentOS Linux release 8.2.2004 (Core) 
Release:    8.2.2004
Codename:   Core
[nsaunders@rolly ~]$ 

Almost certainly both packages exist for CentOS 8 if they existed for CentOS 7, although they might've been moved around or renamed. Possibly I would need to add a repo?

[nsaunders@rolly ~]$ 
[nsaunders@rolly ~]$ yum repolist
repo id                                        repo name
AppStream                                      CentOS-8 - AppStream
BaseOS                                         CentOS-8 - Base
PowerTools                                     CentOS-8 - PowerTools
docker-ce-stable                               Docker CE Stable - x86_64
epel                                           Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64
epel-modular                                   Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64
extras                                         CentOS-8 - Extras
[nsaunders@rolly ~]$ 

Although they seem mainstream.

Solution

You need to specify either python2 or python3... As yum install python3-setuptools or yum install python2-setuptools