How To Install proxygen on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install proxygen in Fedora 36. proxygen is A collection of C++ HTTP libraries including an easy to use HTTP server.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install proxygen on Fedora 36.

What is `proxygen`

Proxygen comprises the core C++ HTTP abstractions used at Facebook. Internally, it is used as the basis for building many HTTP servers, proxies, and clients. This release focuses on the common HTTP abstractions and our simple HTTPServer framework. Future releases will provide simple client APIs as well. The framework supports HTTP/1.1, SPDY/3, SPDY/3.1, HTTP/2, and HTTP/3. The goal is to provide a simple, performant, and modern C++ HTTP library.

We can use yum or dnf to install proxygen on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install proxygen.

Install proxygen on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install proxygen using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install proxygen

Install proxygen on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install proxygen using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install proxygen

How To Uninstall proxygen on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove proxygen

proxygen Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/proxygen_curl
/usr/bin/proxygen_echo
/usr/bin/proxygen_proxy
/usr/bin/proxygen_push
/usr/bin/proxygen_static
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/1c227fd42bb997aa46cc77650b5b36816a2921
/usr/lib/.build-id/71
/usr/lib/.build-id/71/da1c68d3d603e2f44ff6bb1bd1a257173041fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/95
/usr/lib/.build-id/95/f7110c76913d27a0892eab8e6e7c489946c915
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/97cfd0f39fbe44717c9850652dd758515ded99
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/3a54c1f851826136aa37970b610d5468872768
/usr/share/licenses/proxygen
/usr/share/licenses/proxygen/LICENSE

References

proxygen website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install proxygen on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).