How To Install python3-blockdev on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-blockdev on Rocky Linux 8. python3-blockdev is Python3 gobject-introspection bindings for libblockdev

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-blockdev on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `python3-blockdev`

This package contains enhancements to the gobject-introspection bindings for libblockdev in Python3.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-blockdev on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-blockdev.

Install python3-blockdev 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-blockdev using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-blockdev

Install python3-blockdev 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-blockdev using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-blockdev

How To Uninstall python3-blockdev on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python3-blockdev package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-blockdev

python3-blockdev Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/gi/overrides/BlockDev.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/gi/overrides/__pycache__/BlockDev.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/gi/overrides/__pycache__/BlockDev.cpython-36.pyc

References

python3-blockdev website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-blockdev on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.