The python-rocksdb and pyrocksdb packages haven't been updated in a long time - this repo is a fork of python-rocksdb with many of the PRs to it merged, and with bunch of updates and improvements from @iFA88 and @mosquito.
pip install lbry-rocksdb
sudo apt install build-essential binutils
git clone https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-rocksdb.git
cd lbry-rocksdb
git submodule update --init --recursive
git pull --recurse-submodules
make clean && make
pip install -e .
python -m unittest discover . -v
>>> import rocksdb
>>> db = rocksdb.DB("test.db", rocksdb.Options(create_if_missing=True))
>>> db.put(b'a', b'data')
>>> print db.get(b'a')
b'data'