How To Install pytz.noarch on Amazon Linux 2
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pytz.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.
What is pytz.noarch
pytz brings the Olson tz database into Python. This library allows accurate and cross platform timezone calculations using Python 2.3 or higher. It also solves the issue of ambiguous times at the end of daylight savings, which you can read more about in the Python Library Reference (datetime.tzinfo). Amost all (over 540) of the Olson timezones are supported.
We can use yum to install pytz.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pytz.noarch.
Install pytz.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install pytz.noarch using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pytz.noarch
How To Uninstall pytz.noarch on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the pytz.noarch package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove pytz.noarch
pytz.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz-2016.10-py2.7.egg-info
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz-2016.10-py2.7.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz-2016.10-py2.7.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz-2016.10-py2.7.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz-2016.10-py2.7.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz-2016.10-py2.7.egg-info/zip-safe
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/__init__.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/__init__.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/exceptions.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/exceptions.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/exceptions.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/lazy.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/lazy.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/lazy.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/reference.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/reference.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/reference.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/tzfile.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/tzfile.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/tzfile.pyo
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/tzinfo.py
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/tzinfo.pyc
/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pytz/tzinfo.pyo
/usr/share/doc/pytz-2016.10
/usr/share/doc/pytz-2016.10/CHANGES.txt
/usr/share/doc/pytz-2016.10/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/doc/pytz-2016.10/README.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pytz.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.