How To Install freetds-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install freetds-devel on Rocky Linux 8. freetds-devel is Header files and development libraries for freetds

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install freetds-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is freetds-devel

This package contains the header files and development libraries for freetds. If you like to develop programs using freetds, you will need to install freetds-devel.

We can use yum or dnf to install freetds-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install freetds-devel.

Install freetds-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install freetds-devel

Install freetds-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install freetds-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install freetds-devel

How To Uninstall freetds-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the freetds-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove freetds-devel

freetds-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/bkpublic.h
/usr/include/cspublic.h
/usr/include/cstypes.h
/usr/include/ctpublic.h
/usr/include/odbcss.h
/usr/include/sqldb.h
/usr/include/sqlfront.h
/usr/include/sybdb.h
/usr/include/syberror.h
/usr/include/sybfront.h
/usr/include/tds_sysdep_public.h
/usr/include/tds_sysdep_public_64.h
/usr/lib64/libct.so
/usr/lib64/libsybdb.so
/usr/share/doc/freetds-devel
/usr/share/doc/freetds-devel/samples
/usr/share/doc/freetds-devel/samples/debug.c
/usr/share/doc/freetds-devel/samples/dyntest.c
/usr/share/doc/freetds-devel/samples/test.php
/usr/share/doc/freetds-devel/samples/test.pl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install freetds-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.