Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install capnproto on CentOS 8.
What is capnproto
Capu2019n Proto is an insanely fast data interchange format and capability-based RPC system. Think JSON, except binary. Or think Protocol Buffers, except faster. In fact, in benchmarks, Capu2019n Proto is INFINITY TIMES faster than Protocol Buffers. This package contains the schema compiler and command-line encoder/decoder tools.
We can use yum or dnf to install capnproto on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install capnproto.
Install capnproto on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install capnproto using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install capnproto
Install capnproto on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install capnproto using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install capnproto
How To Uninstall capnproto on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the capnproto package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove capnproto
capnproto Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/capnp
/usr/bin/capnpc
/usr/bin/capnpc-c++
/usr/bin/capnpc-capnp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/15b724432c14aaba0ede3f1b6102d2590710f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e
/usr/lib/.build-id/8e/069eb2e99648851dd6355e52e32620eed42bea
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/9b7aaabff0d22a9ff59f424cc9a7a95443706f
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install capnproto on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
