How To Install root-sql-odbc on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install root-sql-odbc on CentOS 8.
What is root-sql-odbc
This package contains the ODBC (Open DataBase Connectivity) plugin for ROOT, that allows transparent access to any kind of database that supports the ODBC protocol.
We can use yum or dnf to install root-sql-odbc on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install root-sql-odbc.
Install root-sql-odbc 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 root-sql-odbc using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install root-sql-odbc
Install root-sql-odbc 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 root-sql-odbc using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install root-sql-odbc
How To Uninstall root-sql-odbc on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the root-sql-odbc package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove root-sql-odbc
root-sql-odbc Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/include/root/TODBCResult.h
/usr/include/root/TODBCRow.h
/usr/include/root/TODBCServer.h
/usr/include/root/TODBCStatement.h
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/97d6d4adc65542c21673362bbc51387201ffba
/usr/lib64/root/libRODBC.rootmap
/usr/lib64/root/libRODBC.so
/usr/lib64/root/libRODBC.so.6.22
/usr/lib64/root/libRODBC.so.6.22.08
/usr/lib64/root/libRODBC_rdict.pcm
/usr/share/root/plugins/TSQLServer/P050_TODBCServer.C
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install root-sql-odbc on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.