How To Install python3-pytz on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pytz on Rocky Linux 8.
What is python3-pytz
pytz brings the Olson tz database into Python. This library allows accurate and cross platform timezone calculations using Python 2.3 or higher. It also solves the issue of ambiguous times at the end of daylight savings, which you can read more about in the Python Library Reference (datetime.tzinfo). Almost all (over 540) of the Olson timezones are supported.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3-pytz on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-pytz.
Install python3-pytz 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-pytz using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-pytz
Install python3-pytz 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-pytz using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-pytz
How To Uninstall python3-pytz on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the python3-pytz package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-pytz
python3-pytz Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz-2017.2-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz-2017.2-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz-2017.2-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz-2017.2-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz-2017.2-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz-2017.2-py3.6.egg-info/zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz/__pycache__/exceptions.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz/__pycache__/lazy.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz/__pycache__/lazy.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz/__pycache__/reference.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz/__pycache__/reference.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz/__pycache__/tzfile.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz/__pycache__/tzfile.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz/__pycache__/tzinfo.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz/__pycache__/tzinfo.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz/exceptions.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz/lazy.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz/reference.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz/tzfile.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pytz/tzinfo.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-pytz
/usr/share/doc/python3-pytz/CHANGES.txt
/usr/share/doc/python3-pytz/README.txt
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pytz
/usr/share/licenses/python3-pytz/LICENSE.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pytz on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.