How To Install python3-vcstools on Rocky Linux 8
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-vcstools on Rocky Linux 8. python3-vcstools is Version Control System tools for Python
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-vcstools on Rocky Linux 8.
What is python3-vcstools
The vcstools module provides a Python API for interacting with different version control systems (VCS/SCMs). The VcsClient class provides an API for seamless interacting with Git, Mercurial (Hg), Bzr and SVN. The focus of the API is manipulating on-disk checkouts of source-controlled trees. Its main use is to support the rosinstall tool.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3-vcstools on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-vcstools.
Install python3-vcstools 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-vcstools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-vcstools
Install python3-vcstools 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-vcstools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-vcstools
How To Uninstall python3-vcstools on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the python3-vcstools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-vcstools
python3-vcstools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools-0.1.42-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools-0.1.42-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools-0.1.42-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools-0.1.42-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools-0.1.42-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools-0.1.42-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/__version__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/__version__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/bzr.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/bzr.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/common.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/common.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/git.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/git.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/git_archive_all.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/git_archive_all.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/hg.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/hg.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/svn.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/svn.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/tar.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/tar.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/vcs_abstraction.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/vcs_abstraction.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/vcs_base.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__pycache__/vcs_base.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/__version__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/bzr.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/common.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/git.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/git_archive_all.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/hg.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/svn.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/tar.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/vcs_abstraction.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/vcstools/vcs_base.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_sources
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_sources/changelog.rst.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_sources/developers_guide.rst.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_sources/index.rst.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_sources/modules.rst.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_sources/vcsclient.rst.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_sources/vcstools.rst.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/ajax-loader.gif
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/basic.css
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/classic.css
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/comment-bright.png
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/comment-close.png
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/comment.png
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/default.css
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/doctools.js
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/documentation_options.js
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/down-pressed.png
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/down.png
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/file.png
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/jquery-3.2.1.js
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/jquery.js
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/minus.png
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/plus.png
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/pygments.css
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/searchtools.js
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/sidebar.js
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/underscore-1.3.1.js
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/underscore.js
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/up-pressed.png
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/up.png
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/_static/websupport.js
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/changelog.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/developers_guide.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/genindex.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/index.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/modules.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/objects.inv
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/py-modindex.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/search.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/searchindex.js
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/vcsclient.html
/usr/share/doc/python3-vcstools/html/vcstools.html
/usr/share/licenses/python3-vcstools
/usr/share/licenses/python3-vcstools/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/python3-vcstools.1.gz
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-vcstools on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
