How To Install rocksdb on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rocksdb on Fedora 34.
What is rocksdb
RocksDB is a library that forms the core building block for a fast key value server, especially suited for storing data on flash drives. It has a Log-Structured-Merge-Database (LSM) design with flexible trade offs between Write-Amplification-Factor (WAF), Read-Amplification-Factor (RAF) and Space-Amplification-Factor (SAF). It has multi-threaded compaction, making it specially suitable for storing multiple terabytes of data in a single database.
We can use yum or dnf to install rocksdb on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install rocksdb.
Install rocksdb 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 rocksdb using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install rocksdb
Install rocksdb 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 rocksdb using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install rocksdb
How To Uninstall rocksdb on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the rocksdb package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove rocksdb
rocksdb Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/917db1a084f8ffdf3116b6fa4c2cf7e1861258
/usr/lib64/librocksdb.so.6
/usr/lib64/librocksdb.so.6.15
/usr/lib64/librocksdb.so.6.15.5
/usr/share/doc/rocksdb
/usr/share/doc/rocksdb/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/rocksdb
/usr/share/licenses/rocksdb/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/rocksdb/LICENSE.Apache
/usr/share/licenses/rocksdb/LICENSE.leveldb
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rocksdb on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
