How To Install snappy on Fedora 34

snappy is Fast compression and decompression library Fast compression and decompression library

Introduction

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

What is `snappy`

Snappy is a compression/decompression library. It does not aim for maximum compression, or compatibility with any other compression library; instead, it aims for very high speeds and reasonable compression. For instance, compared to the fastest mode of zlib, Snappy is an order of magnitude faster for most inputs, but the resulting compressed files are anywhere from 20% to 100% bigger. snappy 1.1.8 5.fc34 x86_64 34 k snappy-1.1.8-5.fc34.src.rpm fedora Fast compression and decompression library https BSD Snappy is a compression/decompression library. It does not aim for maximum compression, or compatibility with any other compression library; instead, it aims for very high speeds and reasonable compression. For instance, compared to the fastest mode of zlib, Snappy is an order of magnitude faster for most inputs, but the resulting compressed files are anywhere from 20% to 100% bigger.

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

Install snappy 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 snappy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install snappy

Install snappy 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 snappy using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install snappy

How To Uninstall snappy on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove snappy

snappy Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/8d3cd9737ddd0981aaa564d517c3986fb481ff
/usr/lib/libsnappy.so.1
/usr/lib/libsnappy.so.1.1.8
/usr/share/doc/snappy
/usr/share/doc/snappy/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/snappy/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/snappy/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/snappy/README.md
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/07f0b8c34ea6ef67b560fda1d47ccbc437d479
/usr/lib64/libsnappy.so.1
/usr/lib64/libsnappy.so.1.1.8
/usr/share/doc/snappy
/usr/share/doc/snappy/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/snappy/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/snappy/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/snappy/README.md

References

[snappy website](https://github.com/google/snappy https://github.com/google/snappy)

Summary

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