How To Install python3-rosinstall_generator on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rosinstall_generator on Rocky Linux 8. python3-rosinstall_generator is Generates rosinstall files

Introduction

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

What is python3-rosinstall_generator

The rosinstall_generator generates rosinstall files containing information about repositories with ROS packages/stacks.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-rosinstall_generator

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

sudo yum -y install python3-rosinstall_generator

How To Uninstall python3-rosinstall_generator on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-rosinstall_generator

python3-rosinstall_generator Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/rosinstall_generator
/usr/bin/rosinstall_generator-3.6
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator-0.1.22-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator-0.1.22-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator-0.1.22-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator-0.1.22-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator-0.1.22-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator-0.1.22-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator-0.1.22-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__/cli.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__/cli.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__/distro.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__/distro.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__/dry_distro.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__/dry_distro.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__/generator.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__/generator.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/cli.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/distro.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/dry_distro.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/generator.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-rosinstall_generator
/usr/share/doc/python3-rosinstall_generator/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-rosinstall_generator
/usr/share/licenses/python3-rosinstall_generator/LICENSE.txt

References

Summary

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