How To Install libiodbc on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiodbc on Rocky Linux 8. libiodbc is iODBC Driver Manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libiodbc on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libiodbc

The iODBC Driver Manager is a free implementation of the SAG CLI and ODBC compliant driver manager which allows developers to write ODBC compliant applications that can connect to various databases using appropriate backend drivers.

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

Install libiodbc 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 libiodbc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libiodbc

Install libiodbc 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 libiodbc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libiodbc

How To Uninstall libiodbc on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libiodbc

libiodbc Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/iodbctest
/usr/bin/iodbctestw
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/ca573e1646f5a1e2873321b0bd558abffe7d41
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/0b29079f1ed2870c65bf43b5c75683d878ad3a
/usr/lib/.build-id/69
/usr/lib/.build-id/69/e78b563e1c3c8d4007c2ea90e09988d7b4474c
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/ca29797248189ecc473df9d4d3488edf784f64
/usr/lib64/libiodbc.so.2
/usr/lib64/libiodbc.so.2.1.27
/usr/lib64/libiodbcinst.so.2
/usr/lib64/libiodbcinst.so.2.1.27
/usr/share/doc/libiodbc
/usr/share/doc/libiodbc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libiodbc/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libiodbc/README
/usr/share/doc/libiodbc/odbc.ini.sample
/usr/share/doc/libiodbc/odbcinst.ini.sample
/usr/share/licenses/libiodbc
/usr/share/licenses/libiodbc/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/libiodbc/LICENSE.BSD
/usr/share/licenses/libiodbc/LICENSE.LGPL
/usr/share/man/man1/iodbctest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/iodbctestw.1.gz

References

Summary

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