RocksDB Installation on Ubuntu 12.04

RocksDB Installation on Ubuntu 12.04

-          Platform Setup

1.       Gcc 4.7 to support C++10

                                                               i.      Check gcc version, if it is less than 4.7,

1.       sudo dpkg -l | grep gcc | awk '{print $2}'

                                                             ii.      Install gcc and g++ 4.7

1.       sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test

2.       sudo apt-get update

3.       sudo apt-get install gcc-4.7 g++-4.7

                                                            iii.      alternative setup

1.       $ sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.7 40

2.       $ sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gcc gcc /usr/bin/gcc-4.6 20

3.       $ sudo update-alternatives --display gcc

4.       If the gcc 4.7 is not setup yet, update it manually

a.       $sudo update-alternatives –config gcc

b.      Choose gcc 4.7

5.       $ gcc ---version

                                                           iv.      G++-4.7, repeat the process (iii)

                                                             v.      Install zlib

1.       $sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev

                                                           vi.      Install snappy

1.       $sudo apt-get install libsnappy-dev

2.       [may not be required] $sudo apt-get install snappy

                                                          vii.      Install bzip2

1.       $sudo apt-get install libbz2-dev

                                                        viii.      Install gflags

1.       For static library, and all our tools and unit tests

2.       Refer the Installation Guide, gflags on Ubuntu 12.04 

-          Installation RocksDB

1.       Download RocksDB

a.       wget  https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/archive/master.zip

2.       Compile

a.       make static_lib --> make (it compiles db_bench and other utilities for test)

b.      make check

c.       make all