How To Install python3-calcephpy on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-calcephpy on Rocky Linux 8. python3-calcephpy is Astronomical library to access planetary ephemeris files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-calcephpy on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `python3-calcephpy`

This is the Python module of calceph. Calceph is a library designed to access the binary planetary ephemeris files, such INPOPxx, JPL DExxx and SPICE ephemeris files.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-calcephpy on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-calcephpy.

Install python3-calcephpy 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 python3-calcephpy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-calcephpy

Install python3-calcephpy 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 python3-calcephpy using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-calcephpy

How To Uninstall python3-calcephpy on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python3-calcephpy package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-calcephpy

python3-calcephpy Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/31
/usr/lib/.build-id/31/283f7ed24bfc2b808e711c7aa169c2820a4b28
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/calcephpy-3.4.7-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/calcephpy-3.4.7-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/calcephpy-3.4.7-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/calcephpy-3.4.7-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/calcephpy-3.4.7-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/calcephpy-3.4.7-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/calcephpy.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/share/licenses/python3-calcephpy
/usr/share/licenses/python3-calcephpy/COPYING_CECILL_B.LIB
/usr/share/licenses/python3-calcephpy/COPYING_CECILL_C.LIB
/usr/share/licenses/python3-calcephpy/COPYING_CECILL_V2.1.LIB

References

python3-calcephpy website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-calcephpy on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.