This guide will walk you through the process of installing the Blink API client library, which allows you to interact with the Blink API and access Blink's features.
Open your terminal by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T on your keyboard, or by searching for "terminal" in the applications menu.
Before we can install Blink, we need to make sure we have all the necessary dependencies installed. To do this, we will use the following command:
sudo zypper install libcurl4 libcurl-devel
This command installs the libcurl4 and libcurl-devel packages, which are required by Blink.
Next, we need to download the Blink client library from the Blink website. You can do this by visiting the following URL:
https://docs.blink.rest/latest/libraries/c++/
Download the appropriate version of the library for your system. For OpenSUSE Latest, you will want to download the .tar.gz file.
Once the download is complete, extract the archive using the following command:
tar zxvf blink-cpp-*-linux-amd64.tar.gz
Be sure to replace *-linux-amd64 with the appropriate version number for the version of the library you downloaded.
Copy the blink directory to the appropriate directory in your system's library path using the following command:
sudo cp -r blink /usr/local/lib/
Update the system's library cache using the following command:
sudo ldconfig
To test that Blink has been installed correctly, open a new terminal window and type the following command:
blink --version
This command should return the version number of the Blink client library.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Blink on your OpenSUSE Latest system. You can now start using Blink to interact with the Blink API and access its features.
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