How To Install root-tpython on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-tpython on Rocky Linux 8. root-tpython is ROOT’s TPython interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-tpython on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `root-tpython`

This package contains ROOT’s TPython interface. It makes it possible to call Python from ROOT.

We can use yum or dnf to install root-tpython on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install root-tpython.

Install root-tpython 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 root-tpython using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install root-tpython

Install root-tpython 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 root-tpython using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install root-tpython

How To Uninstall root-tpython on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the root-tpython package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove root-tpython

root-tpython Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/root/TPyArg.h
/usr/include/root/TPyClassGenerator.h
/usr/include/root/TPyReturn.h
/usr/include/root/TPython.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/b2380c68a0639f88b839387dd0eb26607879f2
/usr/lib64/root/libROOTTPython.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libROOTTPython.so
/usr/lib64/root/libROOTTPython.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libROOTTPython.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libROOTTPython_rdict.pcm

References

root-tpython website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install root-tpython on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.