How To Install nailgun on Fedora 34

nailgun is Framework for running Java from the cli without the JVM startup overhead

Introduction

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

What is nailgun

Nailgun is a client, protocol, and server for running Java programs from the command line without incurring the JVM startup overhead. Programs run in the server (which is implemented in Java), and are triggered by the client (written in C), which handles all I/O.

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

Install nailgun 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 nailgun using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nailgun

Install nailgun 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 nailgun using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nailgun

How To Uninstall nailgun on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove nailgun

nailgun Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/share/doc/nailgun
/usr/share/doc/nailgun/README.md
/usr/share/java/nailgun
/usr/share/java/nailgun/nailgun-examples.jar
/usr/share/java/nailgun/nailgun-server.jar
/usr/share/maven-metadata/nailgun.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/nailgun
/usr/share/maven-poms/nailgun/nailgun-all.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/nailgun/nailgun-examples.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/nailgun/nailgun-server.pom

References

Summary

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