How To Install mariadb-java-client on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-java-client on Rocky Linux 8.
What is mariadb-java-client
MariaDB Connector/J is a Type 4 JDBC driver, also known as the Direct to Database Pure Java Driver. It was developed specifically as a lightweight JDBC connector for use with MySQL and MariaDB database servers.
We can use yum or dnf to install mariadb-java-client on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mariadb-java-client.
Install mariadb-java-client 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-java-client using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mariadb-java-client
Install mariadb-java-client 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-java-client using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mariadb-java-client
How To Uninstall mariadb-java-client on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the mariadb-java-client package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mariadb-java-client
mariadb-java-client Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/java/mariadb-java-client.jar
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-java-client
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-java-client/README.md
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-java-client/about-mariadb-connector-j.creole
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-java-client/changelog.creole
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-java-client/developers-guide.creole
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-java-client/failover-and-high-availability-with-mariadb-connector-j.creole
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-java-client/failover_loop.creole
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-java-client/misc
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-java-client/misc/images
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-java-client/misc/images/aurora_fail_extract.png
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-java-client/misc/images/bulk_batch.png
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-java-client/misc/images/standard.png
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-java-client/misc/images/standard_batch.png
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-java-client/misc/images/telemetry.png
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-java-client/misc/images/use_batch_multi_send.png
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-java-client/plugin
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-java-client/plugin/GSSAPI.creole
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-java-client/use-batch-multi-send-description.creole
/usr/share/doc/mariadb-java-client/use-mariadb-connector-j-driver.creole
/usr/share/licenses/mariadb-java-client
/usr/share/licenses/mariadb-java-client/LICENSE
/usr/share/maven-metadata/mariadb-java-client.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/mariadb-java-client.pom
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mariadb-java-client on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
