How To Install libfbclient2 on Fedora 34

libfbclient2 is Firebird SQL server client library Firebird SQL server client library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfbclient2 on Fedora 34.

What is `libfbclient2`

Shared client library for Firebird SQL server. Firebird is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL standard features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. Firebird offers excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful language support for stored procedures and triggers. It has been used in production systems, under a variety of names, since 1981. libfbclient2 3.0.7.33374 3.fc34 x86_64 512 k firebird-3.0.7.33374-3.fc34.src.rpm fedora Firebird SQL server client library http Interbase Shared client library for Firebird SQL server. Firebird is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL standard features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. Firebird offers excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful language support for stored procedures and triggers. It has been used in production systems, under a variety of names, since 1981.

We can use yum or dnf to install libfbclient2 on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libfbclient2.

Install libfbclient2 on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libfbclient2 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libfbclient2

Install libfbclient2 on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libfbclient2 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libfbclient2

How To Uninstall libfbclient2 on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libfbclient2 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libfbclient2

libfbclient2 Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/24
/usr/lib/.build-id/24/26605b1485c3e2244ad9eefe9b76b983a0bfcf
/usr/lib64/libfbclient.so.2
/usr/lib64/libfbclient.so.3.0.7
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/51190d82e3f2b7a270aee7c83cb9e868b2c1cd
/usr/lib/libfbclient.so.2
/usr/lib/libfbclient.so.3.0.7

References

[libfbclient2 website](http://www.firebirdsql.org/ http://www.firebirdsql.org/)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfbclient2 on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.