How To Install qt5-qtbase-mysql on CentOS 8

qt5-qtbase-mysql is MySQL driver for Qt5’s SQL classes MySQL driver for Qt5’s SQL classes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-qtbase-mysql on CentOS 8.

What is qt5-qtbase-mysql

MySQL driver for Qt5’s SQL classes. qt5-qtbase-mysql 5.12.5 8.el8 x86_64 69 k qt5-qtbase-5.12.5-8.el8.src.rpm appstream MySQL driver for Qt5’s SQL classes http LGPLv2 with exceptions or GPLv3 with exceptions MySQL driver for Qt5’s SQL classes.

We can use yum or dnf to install qt5-qtbase-mysql on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qt5-qtbase-mysql.

Install qt5-qtbase-mysql 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 qt5-qtbase-mysql using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qt5-qtbase-mysql

Install qt5-qtbase-mysql 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 qt5-qtbase-mysql using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qt5-qtbase-mysql

How To Uninstall qt5-qtbase-mysql on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the qt5-qtbase-mysql package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove qt5-qtbase-mysql

qt5-qtbase-mysql Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/45/859fd3b66944f497b12106f04a3cd22582f8df
/usr/lib/cmake/Qt5Sql/Qt5Sql_QMYSQLDriverPlugin.cmake
/usr/lib/qt5/plugins/sqldrivers/libqsqlmysql.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/10d598cffdb4fb09775225fa0515e9a36c4379
/usr/lib64/cmake/Qt5Sql/Qt5Sql_QMYSQLDriverPlugin.cmake
/usr/lib64/qt5/plugins/sqldrivers/libqsqlmysql.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qt5-qtbase-mysql on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.