How To Install python3-colcon-ros on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-colcon-ros on Rocky Linux 8. python3-colcon-ros is Extension for colcon to support ROS packages

Introduction

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

What is python3-colcon-ros

An extension for colcon-core to support ROS packages.

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

Install python3-colcon-ros 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-colcon-ros using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-colcon-ros

Install python3-colcon-ros 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-colcon-ros using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-colcon-ros

How To Uninstall python3-colcon-ros on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-colcon-ros

python3-colcon-ros Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros-0.3.21-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros-0.3.21-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros-0.3.21-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros-0.3.21-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros-0.3.21-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros-0.3.21-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros-0.3.21-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros-0.3.21-py3.6.egg-info/zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/argcomplete_completer
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/argcomplete_completer/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/argcomplete_completer/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/argcomplete_completer/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/argcomplete_completer/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/argcomplete_completer/__pycache__/catkin_cmake_args.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/argcomplete_completer/__pycache__/catkin_cmake_args.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/argcomplete_completer/catkin_cmake_args.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/package_identification
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/package_identification/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/package_identification/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/package_identification/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/package_identification/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/package_identification/__pycache__/ignore.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/package_identification/__pycache__/ignore.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/package_identification/__pycache__/ros.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/package_identification/__pycache__/ros.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/package_identification/ignore.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/package_identification/ros.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/prefix_path
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/prefix_path/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/prefix_path/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/prefix_path/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/prefix_path/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/prefix_path/__pycache__/ament.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/prefix_path/__pycache__/ament.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/prefix_path/__pycache__/catkin.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/prefix_path/__pycache__/catkin.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/prefix_path/ament.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/prefix_path/catkin.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_cmake
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_cmake/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_cmake/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_cmake/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_cmake/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_cmake/__pycache__/build.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_cmake/__pycache__/build.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_cmake/__pycache__/test.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_cmake/__pycache__/test.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_cmake/build.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_cmake/test.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_python
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_python/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_python/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_python/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_python/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_python/__pycache__/build.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_python/__pycache__/build.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_python/__pycache__/test.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_python/__pycache__/test.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_python/build.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/ament_python/test.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/catkin
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/catkin/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/catkin/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/catkin/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/catkin/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/catkin/__pycache__/build.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/catkin/__pycache__/build.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/catkin/__pycache__/test.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/catkin/__pycache__/test.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/catkin/build.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/catkin/test.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/cmake
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/cmake/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/cmake/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/cmake/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/cmake/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/cmake/__pycache__/build.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/cmake/__pycache__/build.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/cmake/__pycache__/test.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/cmake/__pycache__/test.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/cmake/build.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/colcon_ros/task/cmake/test.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-colcon-ros
/usr/share/doc/python3-colcon-ros/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-colcon-ros
/usr/share/licenses/python3-colcon-ros/LICENSE

References

Summary

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