# New video by Michael; Raspberry Pi - Getting started with MQTT

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**Created:** [19 February 2017 21:33 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/new-video-by-michael-raspberry-pi-getting-started-with-mqtt/771 "2017-02-19T21:33:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Michael\_R](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/forum.core-electronics.com.au/michael_r/32/435_2.png) [@Michael\_R](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/u/Michael_R)\
**Post date:** [19 February 2017 21:33 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/new-video-by-michael-raspberry-pi-getting-started-with-mqtt/771/1 "2017-02-19T21:33:45Z")

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New video! WHAT IS MQTT? MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport) is a simple and ‘lightweight’ way for internet-connected devices to send each other messages. This is important for home-automation because devices need to send messages back and forth like ‘turn on the lights’ or ‘turn off the sprinklers.’ Devices using MQTT communicate by publishing data to topics. MQTT devices subscribe to a topic, and when data is published to that topic it is pushed to all the subscribers.

Related Content:

- [Getting Started with Home Automation Using MQTT](http://core-electronics.com.au/tutorials/getting-started-with-home-automation-using-mqtt.html)

This video can also be viewed [**here**](http://core-electronics.com.au/videos/raspberry-pi-getting-started-with-mqtt)

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**Author:** ![Shikhar60534](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Shikhar60534](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/u/Shikhar60534)\
**Post date:** [13 April 2018 01:10 UTC](https://forum.core-electronics.com.au/t/new-video-by-michael-raspberry-pi-getting-started-with-mqtt/771/2 "2018-04-13T01:10:29Z")

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I am getting an error trying to get MQTT libraries to use with python as instructed at

> **[Getting Started with Home Automation Using MQTT - Tutorial](https://core-electronics.com.au/tutorials/getting-started-with-home-automation-using-mqtt.html)**
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> What is MQTT?
> MQTT (Message Queue Telemetry Transport) is a simple and ‘lightweight’ way for internet-connected devices to send each other messages. This is important for home-automation because devices need to send messages back and forth like ‘turn...

I have a Raspberry Pi with Raspbian. The following screenshot shows the error.

![No%20matching%20distribution%20found%20for%20paho-mqtt](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/core_electronics/original/2X/7/7882c2fd5e12bd3fd578d1d85361785dddfce882.PNG)