How To Install oct2spec on Fedora 34

oct2spec is Python script to generate Octave package spec file

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install oct2spec on Fedora 34.

What is oct2spec

oct2spec is a small python tool that generates spec file for Octave packages. It can work from a package name, URL, or a tarball. oct2spec provides oct2rpm which generates rpm for Octave packages using the oct2spec API.

We can use yum or dnf to install oct2spec on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install oct2spec.

Install oct2spec on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install oct2spec using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install oct2spec

Install oct2spec on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install oct2spec using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install oct2spec

How To Uninstall oct2spec on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the oct2spec package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove oct2spec

oct2spec Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/oct2spec.conf
/usr/bin/oct2rpm
/usr/bin/oct2spec
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/Build.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/Description.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/Oct2spec.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/OctPackage.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/Packager.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/Spec.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/__pycache__/Build.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/__pycache__/Build.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/__pycache__/Description.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/__pycache__/Description.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/__pycache__/Oct2spec.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/__pycache__/Oct2spec.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/__pycache__/OctPackage.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/__pycache__/OctPackage.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/__pycache__/Packager.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/__pycache__/Packager.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/__pycache__/Spec.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/__pycache__/Spec.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/__pycache__/oct2rpm.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/__pycache__/oct2rpm.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/__pycache__/oct2rpmError.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/__pycache__/oct2rpmError.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/oct2rpm.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/oct2rpmError.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/Oct2spec/specfile.tpl
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/oct2spec-1.0.1-py3.9.egg-info
/usr/share/doc/oct2spec
/usr/share/doc/oct2spec/CHANGELOG
/usr/share/doc/oct2spec/README
/usr/share/licenses/oct2spec
/usr/share/licenses/oct2spec/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/oct2rpm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/oct2spec.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install oct2spec on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.