How To Install wiredtiger on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wiredtiger on CentOS 7.
What is wiredtiger
WiredTiger is a data storage engine that provides APIs for efficiently storing data in highly concurrent applications. It includes functionality for automatically maintaining indexes. It implements both row and column store formats - so that all types of data can be stored space efficiently. WiredTiger is a library that can be accessed via C, Python and Java APIs.
We can use yum or dnf to install wiredtiger on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wiredtiger.
Install wiredtiger on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install wiredtiger using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install wiredtiger
Install wiredtiger 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 wiredtiger using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install wiredtiger
How To Uninstall wiredtiger on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the wiredtiger package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove wiredtiger
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wiredtiger on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.