How To Install nbdkit-python-plugin on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdkit-python-plugin on Rocky Linux 8. nbdkit-python-plugin is Python 3 plugin for nbdkit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdkit-python-plugin on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `nbdkit-python-plugin`

This package lets you write Python 3 plugins for nbdkit.

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

Install nbdkit-python-plugin 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 nbdkit-python-plugin using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nbdkit-python-plugin

Install nbdkit-python-plugin 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 nbdkit-python-plugin using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nbdkit-python-plugin

How To Uninstall nbdkit-python-plugin on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the nbdkit-python-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nbdkit-python-plugin

nbdkit-python-plugin Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e
/usr/lib/.build-id/2e/b807ef0de35cd73c3686ddc18cffc08ab08557
/usr/lib64/nbdkit/plugins/nbdkit-python-plugin.so
/usr/share/doc/nbdkit-python-plugin
/usr/share/doc/nbdkit-python-plugin/README
/usr/share/licenses/nbdkit-python-plugin
/usr/share/licenses/nbdkit-python-plugin/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man3/nbdkit-python-plugin.3.gz

References

nbdkit-python-plugin website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdkit-python-plugin on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.