How To Install python3-vcstool on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-vcstool
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is python3-vcstool
Vcstool is a version control system (VCS) tool, designed to make working with multiple repositories easier. Note provides a Python API for interacting with different version control systems. The biggest differences between the two are - vcstool doesn’t use any state beside the repository working copies available in the filesystem. - The file format of vcstool export uses the relative paths of the repositories as keys in YAML which avoids collisions by design. - vcstool has significantly less lines of code than vcstools including the command line tools built on top.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install python3-vcstool
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-vcstool.
Install python3-vcstool on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install python3-vcstool
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-vcstool
Install python3-vcstool on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install python3-vcstool
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-vcstool
How To Uninstall python3-vcstool on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the python3-vcstool
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-vcstool
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-vcstool
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.