How to install flatbuffers on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux & RHEL
Memory efficient serialization library
Availability
| Distro | aarch64 | noarch | x86_64 | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 10 | — | — | — | |
| RHEL 9 | — | — | — | |
| RHEL 8 | — | — | ✓ | 1.11.0 |
| RHEL 7 | — | — | — | |
| RHEL 6 | — | — | — |
Description
FlatBuffers is a serialization library for games and other memory constrained apps. FlatBuffers allows you to directly access serialized data without unpacking/parsing it first, while still having great forwards/backwards compatibility.
Compatible with all RHEL-based distributions, including CentOS, AlmaLinux, Oracle Linux, Rocky Linux, etc.
Install
flatbuffers on AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux / Oracle Linux / RHEL 8
sudo dnf -y install https://extras.getpagespeed.com/release-latest.rpm sudo dnf -y install flatbuffers
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Subscribe — from $10/moFrequently asked questions
How do I install flatbuffers on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux or RHEL?
Add the GetPageSpeed repository, then run: sudo dnf -y install flatbuffers (use yum on EL7). The same package works on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux, CentOS Stream and RHEL.
Which Enterprise Linux versions is flatbuffers available for?
flatbuffers is available for RHEL 8 and the matching AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux and Oracle Linux releases.
Is flatbuffers compatible with Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and CentOS Stream?
Yes. The RPM is built for Enterprise Linux and is binary-compatible across all RHEL rebuilds of the same major version, including AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Oracle Linux and CentOS Stream.