Install rethinkdb on Fedora 18 ( as of Feb 1st 2013 )

gistfile1.txt

# Install the build deps
sudo yum install --enablerepo=updates-testing --skip-broken gcc-c++ protobuf-compiler protobuf-c protobuf-c-devel protobuf-devel boost-devel openssl-devel v8-devel gperftools-devel nodejs npm curl ctags-etags m4 rubygems protobuf-static boost-static

# install the ruby deps
sudo gem install ruby_protobuf

# install npm manuall ( yum is broken currently )
git clone https://github.com/isaacs/npm.git
cd npm
make 
sudo make install
sudo npm install -g less coffee-script handlebars

# Build rethinkdb 
git clone --depth 1 -b next https://github.com/rethinkdb/rethinkdb.git
cd rethinkdb/src
make GPERF=1 -j4

Just tried to do this again. I needed to do the following

yum install PyYAML
./configure --without-tcmalloc