Build from source code on AlmaLinux - Yugabyte Db

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AlmaLinux 8 is the recommended Linux development platform for YugabyteDB.

TLDR

# Modify to your preference:
shellrc=~/.bashrc

sudo dnf update -y
sudo dnf groupinstall -y 'Development Tools'
sudo dnf -y install epel-release
packages=(
  ccache
  gcc-toolset-11
  gcc-toolset-11-libatomic-devel
  golang
  java-1.8.0-openjdk
  libatomic
  maven
  npm
  patchelf
  python3.11
  rsync
)
sudo dnf -y install "${packages[@]}"
sudo alternatives --set python3 /usr/bin/python3.9
latest_zip_url=$(curl -Ls "https://api.github.com/repos/ninja-build/ninja/releases/latest" \
                 | grep browser_download_url | grep ninja-linux.zip | cut -d \" -f 4)
curl -Ls "$latest_zip_url" | zcat | sudo tee /usr/local/bin/ninja >/dev/null
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ninja
sudo mkdir /opt/yb-build

# If you'd like to use an unprivileged user for development, manually
# run/modify instructions from here onwards (change $USER, make sure shell
# variables are set appropriately when switching users).
sudo chown "$USER" /opt/yb-build
mkdir ~/tools
curl -L "https://github.com/Kitware/CMake/releases/download/v3.31.0/cmake-3.31.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz" | tar xzC ~/tools
source <(echo 'export PATH="$HOME/tools/cmake-3.31.0-linux-x86_64/bin:$PATH"' \
         | tee -a "$shellrc")
source <(echo 'export YB_CCACHE_DIR="$HOME/.cache/yb_ccache"' \
         | tee -a "$shellrc")

git clone https://github.com/yugabyte/yugabyte-db
cd yugabyte-db
./yb_release

Detailed instructions

Update and install basic development packages as follows:

sudo dnf update -y
sudo dnf groupinstall -y 'Development Tools'
sudo dnf -y install epel-release libatomic rsync

/opt/yb-build

Python 3

The following example installs Python 3.11.

sudo dnf install -y python3.11

Set this as the default python3, if desired. It is only necessary that python3.11 be in the PATH, it need not be the default python.

sudo alternatives --set python3 /usr/bin/python3.11
sudo alternatives --display python3
python3 -V

CMake 3

Java

Install the following packages to satisfy the preceding requirements:

sudo dnf install -y java-1.8.0-openjdk maven

yugabyted-ui

sudo dnf install -y npm golang

Ninja (optional)

The latest release can be downloaded:

latest_zip_url=$(curl -Ls "https://api.github.com/repos/ninja-build/ninja/releases/latest" \
                 | grep browser_download_url | grep ninja-linux.zip | cut -d \" -f 4)
curl -Ls "$latest_zip_url" | zcat | sudo tee /usr/local/bin/ninja >/dev/null
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/ninja

Ccache (optional)

sudo dnf install -y ccache
# Also add the following line to your .bashrc or equivalent.
export YB_CCACHE_DIR="$HOME/.cache/yb_ccache"

GCC (optional)

To compile with GCC, install the following packages, and adjust the version numbers to match the GCC version you plan to use.

sudo dnf install -y gcc-toolset-11 gcc-toolset-11-libatomic-devel

Build the code

Build release package (optional)

Perform the following steps to build a release package:

Satisfy requirements for building yugabyted-ui.
Install patchelf:
sh
```
sudo dnf install -y patchelf
```

Run the yb_release script using the following command:

./yb_release

output.sh

......
2023-02-14 04:14:16,092 [yb_release.py:299 INFO] Generated a package at '/home/user/code/yugabyte-db/build/yugabyte-2.17.2.0-b8e42eecde0e45a743d51e244dbd9662a6130cd6-release-clang15-centos-x86_64.tar.gz'