How To Install python2-pytz on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-pytz on Rocky Linux 8. python2-pytz is World Timezone Definitions for Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-pytz on Rocky Linux 8.

What is python2-pytz

pytz brings the Olson tz database into Python. This library allows accurate and cross platform timezone calculations using Python 2.3 or higher. It also solves the issue of ambiguous times at the end of daylight savings, which you can read more about in the Python Library Reference (datetime.tzinfo). Almost all (over 540) of the Olson timezones are supported.

We can use yum or dnf to install python2-pytz on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python2-pytz.

Install python2-pytz on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python2-pytz using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python2-pytz

Install python2-pytz on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python2-pytz using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python2-pytz

How To Uninstall python2-pytz on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python2-pytz package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python2-pytz

python2-pytz Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz-2017.2-py2.7.egg-info
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz-2017.2-py2.7.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz-2017.2-py2.7.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz-2017.2-py2.7.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz-2017.2-py2.7.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz-2017.2-py2.7.egg-info/zip-safe
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/exceptions.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/exceptions.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/exceptions.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/lazy.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/lazy.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/lazy.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/reference.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/reference.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/reference.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/tzfile.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/tzfile.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/tzfile.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/tzinfo.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/tzinfo.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/tzinfo.pyo
/usr/share/doc/python2-pytz
/usr/share/doc/python2-pytz/CHANGES.txt
/usr/share/doc/python2-pytz/README.txt
/usr/share/licenses/python2-pytz
/usr/share/licenses/python2-pytz/LICENSE.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python2-pytz on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.