How To Install python3-arrow on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-arrow on Rocky Linux 8. python3-arrow is Better dates and times for Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-arrow on Rocky Linux 8.

What is python3-arrow

Arrow is a Python library that offers a sensible, human-friendly approach to creating, manipulating, formatting and converting dates, times, and timestamps. It implements and updates the datetime type, plugging gaps in functionality, and provides an intelligent module API that supports many common creation scenarios. Simply put, it helps you work with dates and times with fewer imports and a lot less code.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-arrow on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-arrow.

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-arrow

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

sudo yum -y install python3-arrow

How To Uninstall python3-arrow on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-arrow

python3-arrow Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow-0.14.2-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow-0.14.2-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow-0.14.2-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow-0.14.2-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow-0.14.2-py3.6.egg-info/not-zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow-0.14.2-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow-0.14.2-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/__pycache__/api.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/__pycache__/api.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/__pycache__/arrow.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/__pycache__/arrow.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/__pycache__/factory.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/__pycache__/factory.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/__pycache__/formatter.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/__pycache__/formatter.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/__pycache__/locales.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/__pycache__/locales.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/__pycache__/parser.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/__pycache__/parser.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/__pycache__/util.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/__pycache__/util.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/api.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/arrow.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/factory.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/formatter.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/locales.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/parser.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/arrow/util.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-arrow
/usr/share/doc/python3-arrow/HISTORY.md
/usr/share/doc/python3-arrow/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-arrow
/usr/share/licenses/python3-arrow/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-arrow on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.