How To Install postgresql-jdbc on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-jdbc on Rocky Linux 8. postgresql-jdbc is JDBC driver for PostgreSQL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-jdbc on Rocky Linux 8.

What is postgresql-jdbc

PostgreSQL is an advanced Object-Relational database management system. The postgresql-jdbc package includes the .jar files needed for Java programs to access a PostgreSQL database.

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

Install postgresql-jdbc 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 postgresql-jdbc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install postgresql-jdbc

Install postgresql-jdbc 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 postgresql-jdbc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install postgresql-jdbc

How To Uninstall postgresql-jdbc on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the postgresql-jdbc package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove postgresql-jdbc

postgresql-jdbc Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/postgresql-jdbc
/usr/share/doc/postgresql-jdbc/README.md
/usr/share/java/postgresql-jdbc
/usr/share/java/postgresql-jdbc.jar
/usr/share/java/postgresql-jdbc/postgresql.jar
/usr/share/java/postgresql.jar
/usr/share/licenses/postgresql-jdbc
/usr/share/licenses/postgresql-jdbc/LICENSE
/usr/share/maven-metadata/postgresql-jdbc.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/postgresql-jdbc
/usr/share/maven-poms/postgresql-jdbc.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/postgresql-jdbc/pgjdbc-aggregate.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/postgresql-jdbc/postgresql.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/postgresql.pom

References

Summary

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