How To Install rb_libtorrent-python3 on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

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

What is rb_libtorrent-python3

The rb_libtorrent-python3 package contains Python language bindings (the ’libtorrent’ module) that allow it to be used from within Python applications.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install rb_libtorrent-python3

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

sudo yum -y install rb_libtorrent-python3

How To Uninstall rb_libtorrent-python3 on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove rb_libtorrent-python3

rb_libtorrent-python3 Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/56
/usr/lib/.build-id/56/b0067452d8ea4b27394df235492ee08b50d3fc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/libtorrent.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/python_libtorrent-1.2.6-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/share/doc/rb_libtorrent-python3
/usr/share/doc/rb_libtorrent-python3/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/rb_libtorrent-python3/ChangeLog
/usr/share/licenses/rb_libtorrent-python3
/usr/share/licenses/rb_libtorrent-python3/COPYING.Boost

References

• rb_libtorrent-python3 website

Summary

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