How To Install xxhash on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xxhash on Fedora 34.
What is xxhash
xxHash is an Extremely fast Hash algorithm, running at RAM speed limits. It successfully completes the SMHasher test suite which evaluates collision, dispersion and randomness qualities of hash functions. Code is highly portable, and hashes are identical on all platforms (little / big endian).
We can use yum or dnf to install xxhash on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xxhash.
Install xxhash 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 xxhash using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xxhash
Install xxhash 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 xxhash using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xxhash
How To Uninstall xxhash on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the xxhash package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xxhash
xxhash Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/xxh128sum
/usr/bin/xxh32sum
/usr/bin/xxh64sum
/usr/bin/xxhsum
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/b6/492999c6884b4fcf4ce3bd2ca717180ec60cb8
/usr/share/doc/xxhash
/usr/share/doc/xxhash/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/xxhash
/usr/share/licenses/xxhash/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/xxh128sum.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xxh32sum.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xxh64sum.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xxhsum.1.gz
/usr/bin/xxh128sum
/usr/bin/xxh32sum
/usr/bin/xxh64sum
/usr/bin/xxhsum
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/db
/usr/lib/.build-id/db/90415aca0d1841d6a9b1a1ee58563639972cc5
/usr/share/doc/xxhash
/usr/share/doc/xxhash/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/xxhash
/usr/share/licenses/xxhash/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/xxh128sum.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xxh32sum.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xxh64sum.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/xxhsum.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xxhash on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.