How To Install soci-mysql on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install soci-mysql on Rocky Linux 8. soci-mysql is MySQL back-end for soci

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install soci-mysql on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `soci-mysql`

This package contains the MySQL back-end for soci, i.e., dynamic library specific to the MySQL database. If you would like to use soci in your programs with MySQL, you will need to install soci-mysql.

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

Install soci-mysql 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 soci-mysql using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install soci-mysql

Install soci-mysql 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 soci-mysql using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install soci-mysql

How To Uninstall soci-mysql on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the soci-mysql package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove soci-mysql

soci-mysql Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/03f409890ac186ddc5eced19ea97217c435a0b
/usr/lib64/libsoci_mysql.so.4.0
/usr/lib64/libsoci_mysql.so.4.0.0
/usr/share/doc/soci-mysql
/usr/share/doc/soci-mysql/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/soci-mysql/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/soci-mysql/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/soci-mysql/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/soci-mysql/README

References

soci-mysql website

Summary

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