How To Install python3-libnbd on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libnbd on Rocky Linux 8. python3-libnbd is Python 3 bindings for libnbd

Introduction

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

What is python3-libnbd

python3-libnbd contains Python 3 bindings for libnbd.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-libnbd

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

sudo yum -y install python3-libnbd

How To Uninstall python3-libnbd on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-libnbd

python3-libnbd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/nbdsh
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/c386dd67b577162f4756d348ca15f1128fdd69
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/nbd.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/nbd.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/nbdsh.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/nbdsh.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/libnbdmod.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/nbd.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/nbdsh.py
/usr/share/man/man1/nbdsh.1.gz

References

Summary

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