How To Install python3-rosinstall_generator on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rosinstall_generator on Rocky Linux 8.
What is python3-rosinstall_generator
The rosinstall_generator generates rosinstall files containing information about repositories with ROS packages/stacks.
We can use yum or dnf to install python3-rosinstall_generator on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-rosinstall_generator.
Install python3-rosinstall_generator 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-rosinstall_generator using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-rosinstall_generator
Install python3-rosinstall_generator 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-rosinstall_generator using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-rosinstall_generator
How To Uninstall python3-rosinstall_generator on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the python3-rosinstall_generator package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-rosinstall_generator
python3-rosinstall_generator Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/rosinstall_generator
/usr/bin/rosinstall_generator-3.6
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator-0.1.22-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator-0.1.22-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator-0.1.22-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator-0.1.22-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator-0.1.22-py3.6.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator-0.1.22-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator-0.1.22-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__/cli.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__/cli.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__/distro.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__/distro.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__/dry_distro.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__/dry_distro.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__/generator.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/__pycache__/generator.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/cli.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/distro.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/dry_distro.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/rosinstall_generator/generator.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-rosinstall_generator
/usr/share/doc/python3-rosinstall_generator/README.rst
/usr/share/licenses/python3-rosinstall_generator
/usr/share/licenses/python3-rosinstall_generator/LICENSE.txt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-rosinstall_generator on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.