How To Install csnappy on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install csnappy on Rocky Linux 8. csnappy is Snappy compression library ported to C

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install csnappy on Rocky Linux 8.

What is csnappy

This is an ANSI C port of Google’s Snappy library. Snappy is a compression library designed for speed rather than compression ratios.

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

Install csnappy 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 csnappy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install csnappy

Install csnappy 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 csnappy using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install csnappy

How To Uninstall csnappy on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the csnappy package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove csnappy

csnappy Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f
/usr/lib/.build-id/8f/f09d07e404116f56ff3572b675248af9df2470
/usr/lib64/libcsnappy.so
/usr/share/doc/csnappy
/usr/share/doc/csnappy/README
/usr/share/doc/csnappy/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/csnappy
/usr/share/licenses/csnappy/LICENSE

References

Summary

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