[Python] How to install DNF packages using Yum when Python packages are in a different location

We have a RHEL 8.10 server, and the default location for Python packages is under /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/. This includes, of course, the DNF packages located at /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dnf.

We installed a new Python version (3.8), and here are the following packages:

ls -ltr /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 126 Aug 6 2023 easy_install.py
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 82 Mar 24 17:57 __pycache__
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 170 Mar 24 17:57 setuptools-41.6.0.dist-info
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 94 Mar 24 17:57 pkg_resources
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Mar 24 17:57 setuptools
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 130 Mar 24 17:57 pip-19.3.1.dist-info
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 95 Mar 24 17:57 pip


Now, we want to install DNF packages, which should be located under /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/.

The problem is that when we try to install DNF using the following command:

yum localinstall python3-dnf-4.7.0-20.el8.noarch.rpm


It is not installed under the path /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/.

What is the correct approach to install the DNF packages under /usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/?

I also tried this, but it didn't help

PYTHONPATH=/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages

yum localinstall python3-dnf-4.7.0-20.el8.noarch.rpm
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Package python3-dnf-4.7.0-20.el8.noarch is already installed.
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