How To Install csnappy on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install csnappy on CentOS 7.
What is csnappy
This is an ANSI C port of Google’s Snappy library. Snappy is a compression library designed for speed rather than compression ratios.
We can use yum or dnf to install csnappy on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install csnappy.
Install csnappy on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install csnappy using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install csnappy
Install csnappy on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install csnappy using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install csnappy
How To Uninstall csnappy on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the csnappy package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove csnappy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install csnappy on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
