How To Install python3-ephem on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ephem in Fedora 36. python3-ephem is Compute positions of the planets and stars

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ephem on Fedora 36.

What is python3-ephem

PyEphem provides an ephem Python package for performing high-precision astronomy computations. The underlying numeric routines are coded in C and are the same ones that drive the popular XEphem astronomy application.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-ephem on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-ephem.

Install python3-ephem on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-ephem using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-ephem

Install python3-ephem on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-ephem using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-ephem

How To Uninstall python3-ephem on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove python3-ephem

python3-ephem Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/d0/9f1885f864f1c51af1b6bf00e45b2759fdff89
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ephem
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ephem-4.0.0.2-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ephem/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ephem/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ephem/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ephem/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ephem/__pycache__/cities.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ephem/__pycache__/cities.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ephem/__pycache__/stars.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ephem/__pycache__/stars.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ephem/_libastro.cpython-310-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ephem/cities.py
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/ephem/stars.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-ephem
/usr/share/doc/python3-ephem/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-ephem
/usr/share/licenses/python3-ephem/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ephem on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).