How To Install unixODBC.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install unixODBC.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. unixODBC.x86_64 is A complete ODBC driver manager for Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install unixODBC.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `unixODBC.x86_64`

Install unixODBC if you want to access databases through ODBC. You will also need the mysql-connector-odbc package if you want to access a MySQL database, and/or the postgresql-odbc package for PostgreSQL.

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

Install unixODBC.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 unixODBC.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install unixODBC.x86_64

How To Uninstall unixODBC.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the unixODBC.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove unixODBC.x86_64

unixODBC.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/odbcinst.ini
/usr/bin/dltest
/usr/bin/isql
/usr/bin/iusql
/usr/bin/odbc_config
/usr/bin/odbcinst
/usr/lib64/libesoobS.so.2
/usr/lib64/libesoobS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libmimerS.so.2
/usr/lib64/libmimerS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libnn.so.2
/usr/lib64/libnn.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libodbc.so
/usr/lib64/libodbc.so.2
/usr/lib64/libodbc.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libodbccr.so.2
/usr/lib64/libodbccr.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libodbcdrvcfg1S.so.2
/usr/lib64/libodbcdrvcfg1S.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libodbcdrvcfg2S.so.2
/usr/lib64/libodbcdrvcfg2S.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libodbcinst.so
/usr/lib64/libodbcinst.so.2
/usr/lib64/libodbcinst.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libodbcminiS.so.2
/usr/lib64/libodbcminiS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libodbcmyS.so
/usr/lib64/libodbcmyS.so.2
/usr/lib64/libodbcmyS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libodbcnnS.so.2
/usr/lib64/libodbcnnS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libodbcpsqlS.so
/usr/lib64/libodbcpsqlS.so.2
/usr/lib64/libodbcpsqlS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libodbctxtS.so.2
/usr/lib64/libodbctxtS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/liboplodbcS.so.2
/usr/lib64/liboplodbcS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/liboraodbcS.so.2
/usr/lib64/liboraodbcS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libsapdbS.so.2
/usr/lib64/libsapdbS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libtdsS.so.2
/usr/lib64/libtdsS.so.2.0.0
/usr/lib64/libtemplate.so.2
/usr/lib64/libtemplate.so.2.0.0
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/README
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/README.dist
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/AdministratorManual
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/AdministratorManual/index.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/AdministratorManual/odbcinst.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/AdministratorManual/php3.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/AdministratorManual/unixODBC.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/AdministratorManual/unixODBCsetup.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/ProgrammerManual
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/ProgrammerManual/Tutorial
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/ProgrammerManual/Tutorial/close.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/ProgrammerManual/Tutorial/conne.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/ProgrammerManual/Tutorial/dsn.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/ProgrammerManual/Tutorial/gloss.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/ProgrammerManual/Tutorial/index.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/ProgrammerManual/Tutorial/intro.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/ProgrammerManual/Tutorial/navi.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/ProgrammerManual/Tutorial/odbc.css
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/ProgrammerManual/Tutorial/query.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/ProgrammerManual/Tutorial/resul.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/ProgrammerManual/index.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/ProgrammerManual/unixODBC.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/UserManual
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/UserManual/Figure1.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/UserManual/Figure2.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/UserManual/Figure3.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/UserManual/Figure4.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/UserManual/Figure6.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/UserManual/My.sql
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/UserManual/StarOfficeDataGrid.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/UserManual/index.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/UserManual/unixODBC.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/index.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst/InternalStructure.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst/InternalStructure.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst/InternalStructure.vsd
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst/InternalStructure2.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst/InternalStructure2.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst/InternalStructure3.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst/InternalStructure3.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst/InternalStructure4.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst/InternalStructure4.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst/InternalStructure5.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst/InternalStructure5.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst/InternalStructure6.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst/InternalStructure6.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst/InternalStructure7.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst/InternalStructure7.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst/InternalStructure8.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst/InternalStructure8.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst/InternalStructure9.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst/InternalStructure9.html
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst/back.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/lst/next.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/smallbook.gif
/usr/share/doc/unixODBC-2.3.1/doc/unixODBC.gif
/usr/share/man/man1/dltest.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/isql.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/iusql.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/odbc_config.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/odbcinst.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/odbc.ini.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/odbcinst.ini.5.gz

References

unixODBC.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install unixODBC.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.