1. Introduction

Apache Thrift is just a software framework written in C++. It was initially developed in 2007 by Facebook but now it is an Open Source project in Apache Software Foundation (ASF). The RPC is Remote Procedure Call is a type of protocol, requesting a service from one server to another server in a network using programs. Tt does not need any kind of network details for the whole process. In this article, We are going to install Apache Thrift.

Install all the dependencies

# apt-get install libboost-dev libboost-test-dev libboost-program-options-dev libboost-system-dev libboost-filesystem-dev libevent-dev automake libtool flex bison pkg-config g++ libssl-dev ant

2. Install Java JDK

Check whether the Java JDK package is installed or not. You may use the below command to verify :

# java --version

If the Java JDK is not installed. Please the command to install Java JDK :

# apt-get install openjdk-7-jre 
# apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk

Thus we have completed installing the dependencies.

3. Installation

Download the latest version of Apache Thrift from there official site in to your local directory :

# http://www.us.apache.org/dist/thrift/0.9.3/thrift-0.9.3.tar.gz

Extract the tar file :

# tar -xvf thrift-0.9.3.tar.gz

Now install thirift folder :

# cd thrift-0.9.3/
# ./configure
thrift 0.9.3

Building C++ Library ......... : yes
Building C (GLib) Library .... : no
Building Java Library ........ : yes
Building C# Library .......... : no
Building Python Library ...... : no
Building Ruby Library ........ : no
Building Haxe Library ........ : no
Building Haskell Library ..... : no
Building Perl Library ........ : no
Building PHP Library ......... : no
Building Erlang Library ...... : no
Building Go Library .......... : no
Building D Library ........... : no
Building NodeJS Library ...... : no
Building Lua Library ......... : no

C++ Library:
   Build TZlibTransport ...... : yes
   Build TNonblockingServer .. : yes
   Build TQTcpServer (Qt4) .... : no
   Build TQTcpServer (Qt5) .... : no

Java Library:
   Using javac ............... : javac
   Using java ................ : java
   Using ant ................. : /usr/bin/ant

# make 
# make install

Thus the installation process is completed. We can verify the installation using the command below :

# thrift -version
Thrift version 0.9.3