How To Install python3-ephem on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ephem on Rocky Linux 8.
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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-ephem.
Install python3-ephem 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-ephem using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-ephem
Install python3-ephem 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-ephem using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-ephem
How To Uninstall python3-ephem on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the python3-ephem package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-ephem
python3-ephem Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/ed9096fe81e7c8f261cde0ac03e28624966dc1
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/ephem
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/ephem-3.7.7.1-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/ephem/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/ephem/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/ephem/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/ephem/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/ephem/__pycache__/cities.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/ephem/__pycache__/cities.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/ephem/__pycache__/stars.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/ephem/__pycache__/stars.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/ephem/_libastro.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/ephem/cities.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/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-GPL
/usr/share/licenses/python3-ephem/LICENSE-LGPL
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ephem on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.