How To Install python3-tabulate on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-tabulate on Rocky Linux 8. python3-tabulate is Pretty-print tabular data in Python, a library and a command-line utility

Introduction

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

What is python3-tabulate

The main use cases of the library are * printing small tables without hassle guided by the data itself * authoring tabular data for lightweight plain-text markup formats suitable for further editing or transformation * readable presentation of mixed textual and numeric data alignment, configurable number formatting, alignment by a decimal point This package builds for Python 3.6 version.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-tabulate

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

sudo yum -y install python3-tabulate

How To Uninstall python3-tabulate on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-tabulate

python3-tabulate Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/tabulate
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/tabulate.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/tabulate.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tabulate-0.8.3-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tabulate-0.8.3-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tabulate-0.8.3-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tabulate-0.8.3-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tabulate-0.8.3-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tabulate-0.8.3-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tabulate-0.8.3-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tabulate.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-tabulate
/usr/share/doc/python3-tabulate/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-tabulate
/usr/share/licenses/python3-tabulate/LICENSE

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Summary

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