Install KC: wget http://fallabs.com/kyotocabinet/pkg/kyotocabinet-1.2.76.tar.gz tar xzvf kyotocabinet-1.2.76.tar.gz cd kyotocabinet-1.2.76 ./configure && make && make install # takes a couple of minutes

Note: It is worth noting that (the way I interpret it) one of the authors of LevelDB (Sanjay) recommends using TokyoCabinet if the workload is more read-oriented. In turn the TokyoCabinet authors recommend using KyotoCabinet :-) (see video with a guy who really likes KyotoCabinet) LevelDB LevelDB is a database library (C++, 350 kB) written […]