How to Install libcouchbase on OpenSuse to use the Couchbase Python Module

OS: OpenSuse Tumbleweed

Here are the steps to get libcouchbase installed on OpenSuse:

Get dependences:

sudo zypper in libev-devel cmake openssl-devel

Get source:

git clone https://github.com/couchbase/libcouchbase.git

Run config and build:

cd libcouchbase
mkdir build
../cmake/configure
make

Run tests:

cmake

Install:

sudo make install

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File count from the command line on a Linux system

OS: Linux
Skill Level: Beginner
Prerequisites: Basic Linux CLI and regular expression understanding

Intro:

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