How To Install python3-setuptools_scm on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-setuptools_scm on Rocky Linux 8. python3-setuptools_scm is Blessed package to manage your versions by scm tags

Introduction

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

What is `python3-setuptools_scm`

Setuptools_scm handles managing your python package versions in scm metadata. It also handles file finders for the suppertes scms.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-setuptools_scm

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

sudo yum -y install python3-setuptools_scm

How To Uninstall python3-setuptools_scm on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-setuptools_scm

python3-setuptools_scm Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm-1.15.7-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm-1.15.7-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm-1.15.7-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm-1.15.7-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm-1.15.7-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm-1.15.7-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm-1.15.7-py3.6.egg-info/zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__main__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__pycache__/__main__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__pycache__/discover.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__pycache__/discover.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__pycache__/git.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__pycache__/git.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__pycache__/hacks.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__pycache__/hacks.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__pycache__/hg.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__pycache__/hg.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__pycache__/integration.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__pycache__/integration.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__pycache__/utils.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__pycache__/version.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__pycache__/win_py31_compat.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/__pycache__/win_py31_compat.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/discover.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/git.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/hacks.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/hg.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/integration.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/utils.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/version.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/setuptools_scm/win_py31_compat.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-setuptools_scm
/usr/share/doc/python3-setuptools_scm/README.rst

References

python3-setuptools_scm website

Summary

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