How To Install python3-blackbird on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-blackbird on Rocky Linux 8. python3-blackbird is Python API for talking to Monoprice Blackbird devices

Introduction

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

What is python3-blackbird

Python interface implementation for Monoprice Blackbird 4k 8x8 HDBaseT Matrix.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install python3-blackbird

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

sudo yum -y install python3-blackbird

How To Uninstall python3-blackbird on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove python3-blackbird

python3-blackbird Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyblackbird
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyblackbird-0.5-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyblackbird-0.5-py3.6.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyblackbird-0.5-py3.6.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyblackbird-0.5-py3.6.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyblackbird-0.5-py3.6.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyblackbird-0.5-py3.6.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyblackbird-0.5-py3.6.egg-info/zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyblackbird/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyblackbird/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyblackbird/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pyblackbird/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/share/doc/python3-blackbird
/usr/share/doc/python3-blackbird/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/python3-blackbird
/usr/share/licenses/python3-blackbird/LICENSE

References

Summary

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