How To Install freetds on CentOS 8
freetds is Implementation of the TDS (Tabular DataStream) protocol
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freetds on CentOS 8.
What is freetds
FreeTDS is a project to document and implement the TDS (Tabular DataStream) protocol. TDS is used by Sybase(TM) and Microsoft(TM) for client to database server communications. FreeTDS includes call level interfaces for DB-Lib, CT-Lib, and ODBC.
We can use yum or dnf to install freetds on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install freetds.
Install freetds on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install freetds using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install freetds
Install freetds on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install freetds using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install freetds
How To Uninstall freetds on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the freetds package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove freetds
freetds Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/bsqldb
/usr/bin/bsqlodbc
/usr/bin/datacopy
/usr/bin/defncopy
/usr/bin/fisql
/usr/bin/freebcp
/usr/bin/osql
/usr/bin/tdspool
/usr/bin/tsql
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/cd55aa5dd57158a51e5bbe7522584ef0ca509d
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/b37364bac83797c982b08ff4c93d50d3964984
/usr/lib/.build-id/47
/usr/lib/.build-id/47/02add11d778300c062cf820a307de864f07e93
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/e443151716a28c83888cf5f3ad00f08295b418
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/565171c23cd270bb34a3ce8216646c43408fb1
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/233029049176fd21d4722f0bace9a4b29b9bfa
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/759802cd23d95453129205a679224c7d213622
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee
/usr/lib/.build-id/ee/61ecd03e2759384a6c66dbf1dbaff8b83382a4
/usr/share/doc/freetds
/usr/share/doc/freetds/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/freetds/BUGS
/usr/share/doc/freetds/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/freetds/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/freetds/README
/usr/share/doc/freetds/TODO
/usr/share/doc/freetds/images
/usr/share/doc/freetds/images/callouts
/usr/share/doc/freetds/images/callouts/1.gif
/usr/share/doc/freetds/images/callouts/10.gif
/usr/share/doc/freetds/images/callouts/2.gif
/usr/share/doc/freetds/images/callouts/3.gif
/usr/share/doc/freetds/images/callouts/4.gif
/usr/share/doc/freetds/images/callouts/5.gif
/usr/share/doc/freetds/images/callouts/6.gif
/usr/share/doc/freetds/images/callouts/7.gif
/usr/share/doc/freetds/images/callouts/8.gif
/usr/share/doc/freetds/images/callouts/9.gif
/usr/share/doc/freetds/images/caution.gif
/usr/share/doc/freetds/images/important.gif
/usr/share/doc/freetds/images/note.gif
/usr/share/doc/freetds/images/tip.gif
/usr/share/doc/freetds/images/warning.gif
/usr/share/doc/freetds/tds.html
/usr/share/doc/freetds/tds_ssl.html
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/about.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/aboutunicode.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/acknowledgments.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/advocacy.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/ambition.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/apireference.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/appendmode.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/askingforhelp.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/build.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/choosingtdsprotocol.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/config.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/configs.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/confirminstall.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/contrib.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/contributors.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/ctlib.api.summary.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/dblib.api.summary.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/domains.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/dsnless.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/envvar.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/freetdsconf.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/freetdshistory.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/gfdl-1.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/gfdl-10.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/gfdl-11.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/gfdl-2.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/gfdl-3.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/gfdl-4.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/gfdl-5.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/gfdl-6.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/gfdl-7.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/gfdl-8.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/gfdl-9.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/gfdl.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/help.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/index.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/index.html
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/install.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/interfacesfile.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/interfacesformat.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/interfaceslocation.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/interfacespurpose.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/iso8859.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/isolatecause.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/kerberos.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/light.taper.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/linker.conclusion.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/linker.how.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/linker.library.check.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/locales.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/localization.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/logging.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/mailinglist.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/name.lookup.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/odbc.api.summary.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/odbcconnattr.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/odbcdiagnose.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/odbcinionly.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/odbcombo.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/osissues.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/packages.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/pagenodata.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/perl.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/php.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/portoverride.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/prepodbc.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/programming.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/projects.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/python.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/qt.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/rtl.define.library.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/rtl.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/samplecode.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/seemtooslow.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/serverthere.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/software.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/stunnel.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/tdshistory.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/tdspool.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/troubleshooting.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/unicode.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/unicodefreetds.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/unicodegoodbad.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/unicodeutf.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/uodbc.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/uothread.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/usefreetds.htm
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/userguide.css
/usr/share/doc/freetds/userguide/what.htm
/usr/share/man/man1/bsqldb.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/bsqlodbc.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/datacopy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/defncopy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fisql.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/freebcp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/osql.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/tsql.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freetds on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.