How To Install libdbi-dbd-pgsql.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbi-dbd-pgsql.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. libdbi-dbd-pgsql.x86_64 is PostgreSQL plugin for libdbi

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbi-dbd-pgsql.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is libdbi-dbd-pgsql.x86_64

This plugin provides connectivity to PostgreSQL database servers through the libdbi database independent abstraction layer. Switching a program’s plugin does not require recompilation or rewriting source code.

We can use yum to install libdbi-dbd-pgsql.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libdbi-dbd-pgsql.x86_64.

Install libdbi-dbd-pgsql.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libdbi-dbd-pgsql.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libdbi-dbd-pgsql.x86_64

How To Uninstall libdbi-dbd-pgsql.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the libdbi-dbd-pgsql.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove libdbi-dbd-pgsql.x86_64

libdbi-dbd-pgsql.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/dbd/libdbdpgsql.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdbi-dbd-pgsql.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.