How To Install capnproto on Fedora 34

capnproto is A data interchange format and capability-based RPC system

Introduction

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

What is `capnproto`

Cap’n Proto is an insanely fast data interchange format and capability-based RPC system. Think JSON, except binary. Or think Protocol Buffers, except faster. In fact, in benchmarks, Cap’n Proto is INFINITY TIMES faster than Protocol Buffers. This package contains the schema compiler and command-line encoder/decoder tools.

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

Install capnproto 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 capnproto using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install capnproto

Install capnproto 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 capnproto using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install capnproto

How To Uninstall capnproto on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove capnproto

capnproto Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/capnp
/usr/bin/capnpc
/usr/bin/capnpc-c++
/usr/bin/capnpc-capnp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/c8fa2bf170095a3ef1613b57f452790f854554
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/be3e175aea594affb28a26bb79fc119ea53f96
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/b5749f785d9ef2204dd164a0b5a56955997407

References

capnproto website

Summary

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