How To Install postgresql-jdbc.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-jdbc.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. postgresql-jdbc.noarch is JDBC driver for PostgreSQL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-jdbc.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `postgresql-jdbc.noarch`

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 to install postgresql-jdbc.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install postgresql-jdbc.noarch.

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

sudo yum -y install postgresql-jdbc.noarch

How To Uninstall postgresql-jdbc.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove postgresql-jdbc.noarch

postgresql-jdbc.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/doc/postgresql-jdbc-9.2.1002
/usr/share/doc/postgresql-jdbc-9.2.1002/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/postgresql-jdbc-9.2.1002/README
/usr/share/doc/postgresql-jdbc-9.2.1002/pgjdbc.xml
/usr/share/java/postgresql-jdbc.jar
/usr/share/java/postgresql-jdbc2.jar
/usr/share/java/postgresql-jdbc2ee.jar
/usr/share/java/postgresql-jdbc3.jar
/usr/share/maven-fragments/postgresql-jdbc
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP-postgresql-jdbc.pom

References

postgresql-jdbc.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install postgresql-jdbc.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.