How To Install 8sync on Fedora 34

8sync is Asynchronous programming library for GNU Guile

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install 8sync on Fedora 34.

What is 8sync

8sync (pronounced “eight-sync”) is an asynchronous programming library for GNU Guile. Based on the actor model, it makes use of delimited continuations to avoid a mess of callbacks resulting in clean, easy to read non-blocking code. 8sync also aims to be batteries included.

We can use yum or dnf to install 8sync on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install 8sync.

Install 8sync on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install 8sync using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install 8sync

Install 8sync on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install 8sync using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install 8sync

How To Uninstall 8sync on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the 8sync package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove 8sync

8sync Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib64/guile/2.2/ccache/8sync
/usr/lib64/guile/2.2/ccache/8sync.go
/usr/lib64/guile/2.2/ccache/8sync/actors.go
/usr/lib64/guile/2.2/ccache/8sync/agenda.go
/usr/lib64/guile/2.2/ccache/8sync/contrib
/usr/lib64/guile/2.2/ccache/8sync/contrib/base64.go
/usr/lib64/guile/2.2/ccache/8sync/contrib/sha-1.go
/usr/lib64/guile/2.2/ccache/8sync/debug.go
/usr/lib64/guile/2.2/ccache/8sync/ports.go
/usr/lib64/guile/2.2/ccache/8sync/repl.go
/usr/lib64/guile/2.2/ccache/8sync/rmeta-slot.go
/usr/lib64/guile/2.2/ccache/8sync/systems
/usr/lib64/guile/2.2/ccache/8sync/systems/irc.go
/usr/lib64/guile/2.2/ccache/8sync/systems/web.go
/usr/lib64/guile/2.2/ccache/8sync/systems/websocket
/usr/lib64/guile/2.2/ccache/8sync/systems/websocket.go
/usr/lib64/guile/2.2/ccache/8sync/systems/websocket/client.go
/usr/lib64/guile/2.2/ccache/8sync/systems/websocket/frame.go
/usr/lib64/guile/2.2/ccache/8sync/systems/websocket/server.go
/usr/lib64/guile/2.2/ccache/8sync/systems/websocket/utils.go
/usr/share/doc/8sync
/usr/share/doc/8sync/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/8sync/README
/usr/share/guile/site/2.2/8sync
/usr/share/guile/site/2.2/8sync.scm
/usr/share/guile/site/2.2/8sync/actors.scm
/usr/share/guile/site/2.2/8sync/agenda.scm
/usr/share/guile/site/2.2/8sync/contrib
/usr/share/guile/site/2.2/8sync/contrib/base64.scm
/usr/share/guile/site/2.2/8sync/contrib/sha-1.scm
/usr/share/guile/site/2.2/8sync/debug.scm
/usr/share/guile/site/2.2/8sync/ports.scm
/usr/share/guile/site/2.2/8sync/repl.scm
/usr/share/guile/site/2.2/8sync/rmeta-slot.scm
/usr/share/guile/site/2.2/8sync/systems
/usr/share/guile/site/2.2/8sync/systems/irc.scm
/usr/share/guile/site/2.2/8sync/systems/web.scm
/usr/share/guile/site/2.2/8sync/systems/websocket
/usr/share/guile/site/2.2/8sync/systems/websocket.scm
/usr/share/guile/site/2.2/8sync/systems/websocket/client.scm
/usr/share/guile/site/2.2/8sync/systems/websocket/frame.scm
/usr/share/guile/site/2.2/8sync/systems/websocket/server.scm
/usr/share/guile/site/2.2/8sync/systems/websocket/utils.scm
/usr/share/info/8sync.info.gz
/usr/share/licenses/8sync
/usr/share/licenses/8sync/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/8sync/COPYING-gplv3.txt

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install 8sync on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.