How To Install libfastjson on Fedora 34

libfastjson is A JSON implementation in C A JSON implementation in C

Introduction

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

What is `libfastjson`

LIBFASTJSON implements a reference counting object model that allows you to easily construct JSON objects in C, output them as JSON formatted strings and parse JSON formatted strings back into the C representation of JSON objects. libfastjson 0.99.9 1.fc34 x86_64 38 k libfastjson-0.99.9-1.fc34.src.rpm fedora A JSON implementation in C https MIT LIBFASTJSON implements a reference counting object model that allows you to easily construct JSON objects in C, output them as JSON formatted strings and parse JSON formatted strings back into the C representation of JSON objects.

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

Install libfastjson 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 libfastjson using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libfastjson

Install libfastjson 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 libfastjson using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libfastjson

How To Uninstall libfastjson on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libfastjson

libfastjson Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/7e1c433933ff25b8ab44c7aa2237f172e986ab
/usr/lib64/libfastjson.so.4
/usr/lib64/libfastjson.so.4.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libfastjson
/usr/share/doc/libfastjson/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libfastjson/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libfastjson/README.html
/usr/share/licenses/libfastjson
/usr/share/licenses/libfastjson/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/c9790a29dfad146671332da2f7a66fb9d07f5d
/usr/lib/libfastjson.so.4
/usr/lib/libfastjson.so.4.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libfastjson
/usr/share/doc/libfastjson/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libfastjson/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libfastjson/README.html
/usr/share/licenses/libfastjson
/usr/share/licenses/libfastjson/COPYING

References

[libfastjson website](https://github.com/rsyslog/libfastjson https://github.com/rsyslog/libfastjson)

Summary

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