How To Install python3-pydot on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pydot on Rocky Linux 8.
What is python3-pydot
An interface for creating both directed and non directed graphs from Python. Currently all attributes implemented in the Dot language are supported (up to Graphviz 2.16). Output can be inlined in Postscript into interactive scientific environments like TeXmacs, or output in any of the format’s supported by the Graphviz tools dot, neato, twopi.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3-pydot on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-pydot.
Install python3-pydot 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-pydot using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-pydot
Install python3-pydot 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-pydot using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-pydot
How To Uninstall python3-pydot on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the python3-pydot package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-pydot
python3-pydot Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/dot_parser.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/dot_parser.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/pydot.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/pydot.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/dot_parser.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pydot-1.2.4-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pydot-1.2.4-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pydot-1.2.4-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pydot-1.2.4-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pydot-1.2.4-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pydot-1.2.4-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pydot.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-pydot
/usr/share/doc/python3-pydot/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/python3-pydot/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pydot
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pydot/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pydot on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.