How To Install mariadb-connector-c on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-connector-c on Rocky Linux 8. mariadb-connector-c is The MariaDB Native Client library (C driver)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-connector-c on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `mariadb-connector-c`

The MariaDB Native Client library (C driver) is used to connect applications developed in C/C++ to MariaDB and MySQL databases.

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

Install mariadb-connector-c 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 mariadb-connector-c using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mariadb-connector-c

Install mariadb-connector-c 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 mariadb-connector-c using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mariadb-connector-c

How To Uninstall mariadb-connector-c on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the mariadb-connector-c package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mariadb-connector-c

mariadb-connector-c Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/0991669a83bfe9f5d64ef73ab42fc11a99fc52
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/3bcb5461b6fe893da2f262e44f9b45248dc91a
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/07847f98bd6eac52b1af4d431f85b4a113f8fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/43039d3ca7de00f8ef3e3947dcd0180dd653aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/3eb0ba3109893e06e25013cb0f01f0ed4ce830
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/2dba71a02c1ad878f126a17072a23eae94aebf
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/cc7e70e909a636a20659ddcb2d83611b1c3b74
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/577f5ed65d5dbd8ac94386638d9a29338e0fed
/usr/lib/libmariadb.so.3
/usr/lib/mariadb
/usr/lib/mariadb/plugin
/usr/lib/mariadb/plugin/auth_gssapi_client.so
/usr/lib/mariadb/plugin/caching_sha2_password.so
/usr/lib/mariadb/plugin/client_ed25519.so
/usr/lib/mariadb/plugin/dialog.so
/usr/lib/mariadb/plugin/mysql_clear_password.so
/usr/lib/mariadb/plugin/remote_io.so
/usr/lib/mariadb/plugin/sha256_password.so
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-connector-c
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-connector-c/README
/usr/share/licenses/mariadb-connector-c
/usr/share/licenses/mariadb-connector-c/COPYING.LIB
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/8446423b31290171da1381d1e7700f4e80e623
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/762bcaa38897fd121e9f27a701bb574ef54c22
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/7eb41ce38ffa4bd22b7d6739dcd94286b04f5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/4f73fbffaa3072e18870c943574f65ae1b8aec
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/5398b74455cde3ce1ce4a59fbff39ef52835cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/deda9343d0adae44d9d46dfcbd96e8c3286748
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/fa9ae8149d7de5df25ac2d75d884b948116360
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/896053815e83d6eb1f6f528234fc65745af130
/usr/lib64/libmariadb.so.3
/usr/lib64/mariadb
/usr/lib64/mariadb/plugin
/usr/lib64/mariadb/plugin/auth_gssapi_client.so
/usr/lib64/mariadb/plugin/caching_sha2_password.so
/usr/lib64/mariadb/plugin/client_ed25519.so
/usr/lib64/mariadb/plugin/dialog.so
/usr/lib64/mariadb/plugin/mysql_clear_password.so
/usr/lib64/mariadb/plugin/remote_io.so
/usr/lib64/mariadb/plugin/sha256_password.so
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-connector-c
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-connector-c/README
/usr/share/licenses/mariadb-connector-c
/usr/share/licenses/mariadb-connector-c/COPYING.LIB

References

mariadb-connector-c website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-connector-c on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.