How To Install xxhash on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xxhash on CentOS 8.
What is xxhash
xxHash is an Extremely fast Hash algorithm, running at RAM speed limits. It successfully completes the SMHasher test suite which evaluates collision, dispersion and randomness qualities of hash functions. Code is highly portable, and hashes are identical on all platforms (little / big endian).
We can use yum or dnf to install xxhash on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xxhash.
Install xxhash on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install xxhash using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xxhash
Install xxhash on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install xxhash using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xxhash
How To Uninstall xxhash on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the xxhash package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xxhash
xxhash Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/xxh128sum
/usr/bin/xxh32sum
/usr/bin/xxh64sum
/usr/bin/xxhsum
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/f0bb4a23b26dd1c4bea5612d7205e5eeba5124
/usr/share/doc/xxhash
/usr/share/doc/xxhash/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/xxhash
/usr/share/licenses/xxhash/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/xxh128sum.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xxh32sum.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xxh64sum.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xxhsum.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xxhash on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.