How To Install libmemcached on Fedora 34

libmemcached is Client library and command line tools for memcached server Client library and command line tools for memcached server

Introduction

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

What is `libmemcached`

libmemcached is a C/C++ client library and tools for the memcached server (http usage, and provide full access to server side methods. It also implements several command line tools memaslap Load testing and benchmarking a server memcapable Checking a Memcached server capibilities and compatibility memcat Copy the value of a key to standard output memcp Copy data to a server memdump Dumping your server memerror Translate an error code to a string memexist Check for the existance of a key memflush Flush the contents of your servers memparse Parse an option string memping Test to see if a server is available. memrm Remove a key(s) from the server memslap Generate testing loads on a memcached cluster memstat Dump the stats of your servers to standard output memtouch Touches a key libmemcached 1.0.18 22.fc34 x86_64 134 k libmemcached-1.0.18-22.fc34.src.rpm fedora Client library and command line tools for memcached server http BSD libmemcached is a C/C++ client library and tools for the memcached server (http usage, and provide full access to server side methods. It also implements several command line tools memaslap Load testing and benchmarking a server memcapable Checking a Memcached server capibilities and compatibility memcat Copy the value of a key to standard output memcp Copy data to a server memdump Dumping your server memerror Translate an error code to a string memexist Check for the existance of a key memflush Flush the contents of your servers memparse Parse an option string memping Test to see if a server is available. memrm Remove a key(s) from the server memslap Generate testing loads on a memcached cluster memstat Dump the stats of your servers to standard output memtouch Touches a key

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

Install libmemcached 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 libmemcached using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libmemcached

Install libmemcached 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 libmemcached using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libmemcached

How To Uninstall libmemcached on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libmemcached

libmemcached Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/bin/memaslap
/usr/bin/memcapable
/usr/bin/memcat
/usr/bin/memcp
/usr/bin/memdump
/usr/bin/memerror
/usr/bin/memexist
/usr/bin/memflush
/usr/bin/memparse
/usr/bin/memping
/usr/bin/memrm
/usr/bin/memslap
/usr/bin/memstat
/usr/bin/memtouch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/347fc7c4e063296881b6cf203eba2bc04fa93b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/5d31b5e4bf02cb6d537d4a22ea4ef0ee1f37dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/ce38b00020482b0555446492410b47a2cdfe34
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/5b96a492cb1bcbb767702ba2827a0898880638
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/481cfb5cb45a6c8b90dd3cf9608f8c156014d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/751ac38cc6d4d6d47257107ead9b4006da82ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c
/usr/lib/.build-id/8c/3c4ae0c4ae3e08c883dcf766083c3cfefeb5b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/2687a2651cd9f35d5bc422adedbd8ef2f11a3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/3ce2e3a82db081b4174359b36175ee09154400
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/90c8479448d6c33a978369755b83769511fcdb
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/b1/ffc32a69f6461d80e896f64861335b89abf91c
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/989620fd788aa3d75fddd92ee18ff6a51fd236
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/ba/334b67e0a901082230b36a90240fa7cd1e4209
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4/8db73b522c7ea76c9ac7125ded896e4e6f08be
/usr/share/man/man1/memaslap.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memcapable.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memcat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memcp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memdump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memerror.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memexist.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memflush.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memparse.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memping.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memrm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memslap.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memstat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memtouch.1.gz
/usr/bin/memaslap
/usr/bin/memcapable
/usr/bin/memcat
/usr/bin/memcp
/usr/bin/memdump
/usr/bin/memerror
/usr/bin/memexist
/usr/bin/memflush
/usr/bin/memparse
/usr/bin/memping
/usr/bin/memrm
/usr/bin/memslap
/usr/bin/memstat
/usr/bin/memtouch
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0b/b7ffc5cb46c8937b2fe0170e8dc56f105a5e1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/3b464088602881c24849f6c5dadce7ec3ebf81
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/222ef3f8d85df87ad97676c5c8d497f0f74c29
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c
/usr/lib/.build-id/3c/09c52501fd33088199d168dfca1430b28847e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/54
/usr/lib/.build-id/54/7d33e5b1da0e8cdda5cbd551c149dc2a3fc0a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e
/usr/lib/.build-id/5e/cb05de8c8ecbab864270b974b4e641bc0f8419
/usr/lib/.build-id/73
/usr/lib/.build-id/73/2ac993ae06afeb3dd755936982baabad940e0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/d1ff5c12931b10aceb3b1a0a9bebf737d7b4b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/3b4a66cac629cf459bf5a835ad55a494f909d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/94
/usr/lib/.build-id/94/7abc1d19e90b560e31a00681c37ab17ed66340
/usr/lib/.build-id/99
/usr/lib/.build-id/99/0abeabe261447a09b5d893afbf91af1a9a6a49
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/60c756c8866a0f69be778f891364d6b1c7f66d
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/cb/8489a40bbe8e0dc47267f39b4211a44b7c0be5
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/4342919830c0f39c887b9a7aaf59deb8ad9844
/usr/share/man/man1/memaslap.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memcapable.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memcat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memcp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memdump.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memerror.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memexist.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memflush.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memparse.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memping.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memrm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memslap.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memstat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/memtouch.1.gz

References

[libmemcached website](http://libmemcached.org/ http://libmemcached.org/)

Summary

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