How To Install python3-rosinstall on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rosinstall in Fedora 36. python3-rosinstall is ROS installation utilities

Introduction

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

What is python3-rosinstall

rosinstall is a tool to check out ROS source code (or any source code, really) from multiple version control repositories and updating these checkouts. Given a *.rosinstall file that specifies where to get code, rosinstall will check out a working copy for you.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-rosinstall

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

sudo yum -y install python3-rosinstall

How To Uninstall python3-rosinstall on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove python3-rosinstall

python3-rosinstall Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/rosco
/usr/bin/rosinstall
/usr/bin/roslocate
/usr/bin/rosws
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall-0.7.8-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall-0.7.8-py3.10.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall-0.7.8-py3.10.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall-0.7.8-py3.10.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall-0.7.8-py3.10.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall-0.7.8-py3.10.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/__version__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/__version__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/distro_locate.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/distro_locate.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/helpers.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/helpers.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/locate.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/locate.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/rosinstall_cli.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/rosinstall_cli.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/rosinstall_cmd.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/rosinstall_cmd.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/rosws_cli.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/rosws_cli.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/rosws_stacks_cli.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/rosws_stacks_cli.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/setupfiles.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/setupfiles.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/simple_checkout.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__pycache__/simple_checkout.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/__version__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/distro_locate.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/helpers.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/locate.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/rosinstall_cli.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/rosinstall_cmd.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/rosws_cli.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/rosws_stacks_cli.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/setupfiles.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/rosinstall/simple_checkout.py
/usr/share/licenses/python3-rosinstall
/usr/share/licenses/python3-rosinstall/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/rosinstall.1.gz

References

Summary

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